Gender Differences Influence Student’s Numeracy Literacy in Secondary Schools in Kolaka Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to describe students' numeracy literacy skills by gender, and analyze inferentially the differences in numeracy literacy between male and female students. The sample of this study involved 48 students of MTs Negeri 1 Kolaka consisting of 21 male students and 27 female students. Research data were collected using numeracy literacy test instruments, data analysis includes: (1) descriptive analysis that aims to describe students' numeracy literacy ability which includes mean score, standard deviation and variance; and (2) inferential analysis aimed at determining differences in numeracy literacy skills between male students and female students using independent sample t tests on the condition that the normality and homogeneity of the data are met. The results of the study include: (1) descriptively, including: students' numeracy literacy ability is in the low category, and the numeracy literacy ability of female students is higher than that of male students; and (2) inferentially, including: data on students' numeracy literacy ability are normally distributed, and homogeneous, and there is no difference in numeracy literacy ability between male and female students.