Lola Zeramenda Tarigan, Syahmi Edi, Herbert Sipahutar
This study aims to analyze student needs for the implementation of Animal Development courses. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. This research is a stage of needs analysis and information gathering on the Borg & Gall development model. The method used is survey. The survey was conducted based on the experiences that have been passed by the respondents. The sampling process is by means of random sampling technique. The population was carried out involving 77 (seventy-seven) students of the 2017 Stambuk Biology Education study program. The survey results obtained information, in general respondents thought that 54.9% of Animal Development lectures were carried out well. The distribution of assessments for the Animal Development Course shows the percentage > 30% are categorized as difficult to learn and there are no scientific journals available during Animal Development lectures. However, in the study of teaching materials provided in the form of dictation, it was found that there were technical difficulties for students in using the teaching materials, including: 1) The Diktat contains language that is relatively difficult to understand and the pictures and writings contained in the Diktat on animal development are less clear; 2) experimental animals are difficult to find (results of indept interview: due to the nature of animals for experiments); 3) difficulty in obtaining journals and textbooks related to the material being studied; 4) difficulty observing small animals/organs; 5) found some unclear images contained in the dictation; 6) difficulty memorizing Latin terms. Student needs for the Animal Development course at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) Medan State University (Unimed) requires systematic development of textbooks (with reference to existing textbooks/diktat). © 2022 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.
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