JPPIPA (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA)
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): December 2025

Assessing environmental knowledge of High School students on mangrove’s role in climate change mitigation: A case study in the Mahakam Delta

Novia Dwi Iriyanti (Mulawarman University)
Pintaka Kusumaningtyas (Mulawarman University)
Muhammad Amir Masruhim (Mulawarman University)
Puji Windi Astuti (State Senior High School 1 Anggana)
Nisa Ul Khoiriyyah (State Senior High School 2 Muara Badak)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2025

Abstract

Mangrove ecosystems play an important role in climate change mitigation through their ability to absorb and store carbon. Students' knowledge about this needs to be improved to support students' environmental awareness. This study aims to measure the level of environmental knowledge of grade XI students in the Mahakam Delta region about the role of mangroves in mitigating climate change. The research method used a quantitative descriptive method, with data collection through written tests. The results showed that the average environmental knowledge of students was 61.62 with a sufficient category. The results of the frequency distribution of students show 38% of students have environmental knowledge in the good category, 36% are in the sufficient category, 11% are in the less category, and 15% are in the very less category. Although most students have environmental knowledge in the good category, there are no students who reach the excellent category, and 71% are still below the good category. Therefore, efforts are needed to improve students' environmental knowledge, especially through integration into science/chemistry learning.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jppipa

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

JPPIPA (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA) is a scientific journal that is managed by Department of Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Surabaya and published by Universitas Negeri Surabaya in collaboration with Perkumpulan Pendidik IPA Indonesia (PPII). JPPIPA is ...