Development and Validation of Problem Solving Task based-Integrated STEM

Despite the rapid growth in awareness of STEM education, there is a lack of materials and resources in implementing STEM approach in teaching and learning. The developed module emphasized on real-world problems, which provide an opportunity for students to explore and develop the problem solving skills. The aims of this paper were to develop and to validate a Module of Learning Mathematical Problem Solving-based Integrated STEM to enhance problem-solving skills among secondary school students. The design of the task based on Polya problem-solving model and Bybee framework on contexts for STEM education. The contexts that were selected are health, energy efficiency, environmental quality and natural resources. Ten experts consist of five lecturers and five schoolteachers confirmed the content and face validity. The module was tested on a total of fifteen secondary students, aged 16 years old, in a time frame of three weeks. The findings support that the module is appropriate to enhance problem-solving skills in STEM contexts among secondary students.