Correlation of Epistemic Curiosity and Cognitive Understanding Biology’s Student in Health and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Abstract

Technology growing rapidly because technological development is required in all aspects of human
life. Biotechnology is one of the branch of biology that is constantly evolving. Health and
pharmaceutical biotechnology is one of the biotechnology which became the spotlight of the world.
Biotechnology is part of science that commences from curiosity. One of curiosity type is epistemic
curiosity (EC). Epistemic curiosity contribute to give problem solving for the appearing issue. This
need higher order thinking. Higher order thinking need good cognitive understanding. The purpose of
this study is to: 1) describe the epistemic curiosity (EC) Biology’ student to the development of health
and pharmaceutical biotechnology, 2) analyzing the correlation of epistemic curiosity (EC) and
cognitive ability of biology’ student in health and pharmaceutical biotechnology. This research
includes descriptive correlative with the research data is a cognitive understanding and EC of
biology’ student. Cognitive understanding and EC data taken using a questionnaire (i-d scale
curiosity) and problem (the quiz). Average of EC scores is 26,1. A descriptive analysis of the average
EC is of 65.3% (high category). The average of student's cognitive understanding is 38.8%. (low
category). Quantitative correlation of cognitive understanding and EC was 0,208 (weak category).
Qualitative correlation of cognitive understanding and EC was J category, that have a high EC but
low cognitive understanding.