Digital Literacy and cognitive abilities of preservice physics teacher in physics for school course using LMS3: How are the both correlated?
R Rizal, D Rusdiana, W Setiawan, E Surahman and I M Ridwan

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Universitas Siliwangi

Abstract

The Covid 19 pandemic that hit Indonesia demands the physics for school course be conducted online using a Learning Management System Supported Smartphone (LMS3). By using this application, prospective physics teachers can practice their digital literacy and strengthen cognitive abilities. This study aims to determine the correlation between digital literacy and cognitive abilities which are trained through physics for school course using LMS3. The descriptive research was conducted with survey method and involving 20 students at a university in Tasikmalaya. They are five males and fifteen females spread 18-20 years old. The instruments used in this research were digital literacy test and cognitive ability test. The both have been validated by 5 experts and have high reliability. The collected data were processed statistically using the Kolmogorov Smirnov test and the Pearson correlation test. The results of the normality test obtained α = 0.636 which indicates that the data is normally distributed. The correlation coefficient r = 0.626 which indicates that digital literacy and cognitive ability are strong correlated. Based on the results of this study, the digital literacy of prospective physics teachers must be adequate to support learning success, one of which is shown by cognitive abilities.

Keywords: digital literacy, cognitive ability, physics for school, Learning Management System

Topic: Physics Education