Development of Innovation of Integration of STEM Education with Problem Based Learning Model for Engineering Education

Abstract

The purposes of the research is twofold. Firstly, it attempts to develop an integrated STEM-problem-based learning model for engineering education using documentary research, the model prototype evaluated by the experts, and the collected data to develop the model. Secondly, it aims to examine the efficiency of an integrated STEM-problem-based learning model for engineering education based on index of item-objective congruence of the model, average pre-test and post-test scores, and average satisfaction score. The sampling group is the group of the first-year students in the faculty of Technical Education with a major in Electrical Engineering in the second semester of academic year 2019. Research instruments consist of learning management plan, achievement test, and evaluation form. Data were analyzed using percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and     t-test. The results were found that an integrated STEM-problem-based learning model comprises seven steps. The evaluation results of the model from the experts indicates that the suitability in the design is the highest, followed by the suitability in the main components of the model, learning activities, and evaluation, respectively. Index of item-objective congruence of an integrated STEM-problem-based learning model for engineering education in both are greater than 0.50. In addition, the average scores of learners after the test are higher than those before the test at a significance level of 0.05. Also, the average satisfaction scores after the test is at a high level.