DOI: 10.18848/2327-7971/cgp/a232 ISSN: 2327-915X

Needs Analysis for the Development of STEM-Based EDP–ANDIO Syntax to Enhance Students’ Problem-Solving Skills

Andio Calen Evains, Rustang Rustang, Ahmad Swandi, Ahmad Suryadi
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Developing students’ problem-solving capabilities is an important goal of physics and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, particularly in contexts requiring systematic, contextual, interactive, and experiential learning. This study investigates students’ learning needs, current physics learning conditions, and self-reported problem-solving difficulties as an empirical basis for developing a STEM-based learning syntax through the Engineering Design Process (EDP), modified into the Analyze, Need, Design, Implement, and Optimize (ANDIO) stages. A descriptive mixed-methods approach was used, combining quantitative questionnaire data with qualitative interviews. Quantitative data were collected from one hundred seventy-five students across thirteen secondary schools through a Google Forms questionnaire, while qualitative data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with twenty-two students. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and gap analysis, while qualitative data were analyzed thematically. The results showed that students’ need for learning syntax was high (M = 3.10, SD = 0.45), whereas problem-solving difficulties (M = 2.48, SD = 0.60) and current learning conditions (M = 2.22, SD = 0.55) were low. A significant positive relationship was found between problem-solving difficulties and current learning conditions (r = 0.558, p < 0.01; R2 = 0.311). Interview findings indicated preferences for systematic, contextual, interactive, student-centered, and experiment-based learning. Problem-solving difficulties were also significantly related to learning syntax needs (r = 0.287, p < 0.01), whereas current learning conditions were not significantly related to learning syntax needs (r = 0.148, p = 0.051). These findings provide an empirical basis for developing EDP–ANDIO; however, its instructional effectiveness requires further validation.

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