Design of Metabolism Textbook Based on the Selection and Structuring Stage Criteria in the 4STMD Development Method

¹ Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229, Bandung, West Java 40154, Indonesia
² National Child Development Research Centre, Faculty of Human and Development, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: ratulanijuwita@upi.edu

Abstract

This research aims to develop a biochemistry textbook assisted by a conceptual change text with a four-step teaching material development method (4STMD) that is limited to the discussion of biomolecular metabolism presented using conceptual change texts. The 4STMD method used in the development of this textbook includes steps of selection, structuring, characterization, and didactic reduction. Research is limited to selection and structuring steps so that the research results are more directed and in-depth and in accordance with the truth of the concept. The instruments used are review sheets of conformity of concepts, indicators, and core competencies; as well as the suitability of concept changes, metabolic concept maps, macro structures, and textbook systematics. Based on the development results, 4 learning outcomes, 8 concept indicators, and 28 concept labels were obtained. The textbooks on biomolecular metabolism currently available are only available to medical students, with so many concepts of metabolic reactions and procedures present in this book. This is difficult for education students to understand, therefore it is necessary to have a biomolecular metabolism book that is easy to understand by education students which will later be taught to students in high school.