The Need Analysis: Teaching Materials for the High-Class Education of Mathematics

Abstract

The descriptive explorative research aims to scrutinize the need analysis of Primary School Teacher Education students at the University of Dharmas Indonesia in teaching High-Class Education of Mathematics courses. The sample of this study was taken randomly towards 35 Primary School Teacher-Education students at the University of Dharmas Indonesia, who had contracted a High-Class Education of Mathematics courses. Data analysis was obtained from the questionnaire of needs and unstructured interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and percentages. The results of the analysis showed that (1) students did not yet have teaching materials that contain learning materials, (2) students stated that the most challenging material is fractions (94,42%), least common multiple and greatest common divisor (85,71%), plane geometry (91,42%), and solid geometry (82,85%), (3) students needed a teaching material that contains problem-solving materials in daily life, interest, and easy to understand. Based on the results of the needs analysis, it is necessary to develop teaching materials in the form of contextual-based modules in the High-Class Education Mathematics courses at the University of Dharmas Indonesia.