The development of the earthquake theme STEM book in training engineering Design capabilities
Dwi Nurul Hidayah1*, Ida Kaniawati2, and Sjaeful Anwar3
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
STEM learning is a strategy to improve the quality of graduates to be ready to provide solutions to problems in society. But based on a preliminary study, STEM learning is still done in one semester. The teacher does not yet have teaching materials to teach STEM. The STEM worksheets are downloaded from the internet and the themes taken are not in accordance with STEMs core core in design design to product manufacture. Thus, teaching materials were developed using the method of developing Four-step teaching materials (4S TMD). After being tested at one of the schools in Bandung, teaching materials were able to provide meaningful STEM learning experiences and provide student responses in designing earthquake-resistant buildings and seismographs according to the objectives of STEM learning by Bybee (2013). The characteristics of the book refers to the percentage level of difficulty of the book based on the opinions of students is 96% easy, and based on the writing of the main ideas of students is 91% easy. Feasibility of books with very decent categories.
Keywords: STEM-book, engineering design
Topic: Global Issues in Education and Research