The Impact of Physics Co-curricular Activities Based on Local Wisdom of the Makassar Tribe on Students' Science Attitudes

Abstract

The attitude of science is one of the supports in improving the quality of education in Indonesia. Physics co-curricular is efficient learning in supporting intracurricular by integrating the understanding of science concepts and daily life. This study analyzes the impact of physics co-curricular activities based on local wisdom on students' science attitudes. This research method uses a pre-experimental design with an intact group comparison method. The sample in this study was ten-grade students in senior high school. The data collected uses a science attitude questionnaire adapted from the test of science-related attitude (TOSRA) instrument, which has been declared valid and feasible to use according to the validator's assessment. The results showed that the average attitude toward science achieved by 25 students who had participated in co-curricular physics was 68.71, and 15 students who had never participated in co-curricular physics was 67.56. The results of the independent t-test analysis showed a significance of 0.431 from the significance level of α = 0.05. These findings confirm that physics co-curricular activities based on the local wisdom of the Makassar tribe have the potential to improve students' science attitudes descriptively. However, statistically, there is no significant difference in science attitudes.