Digital literacy and cognitive abilities of preservice physics teacher in physics for school course using LMS3: How are the both correlated?

ABSTRACT

The Covid 19 pandemic that hit Indonesia demands the physics for school course to 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, in general and by gender, 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. Both have been validated by 5 experts and have high reliability. The collected data were analyzed 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 the digital literacy of prospective physics teachers must be adequate to support learning success, one of which is shown by cognitive abilities. © 2021 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.