The Needs Analysis in Developing A Teaching Activity Model Using A Thinking Map to Improve Future Thinking Skills in Learning the Malay Language in Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study aims to identify the needs in developing a teaching activity model using a thinking map to improve the future thinking skills among secondary school students based on the teachers’ views. The needs analysis to develop this teaching activity model is based on the Discrepancy Model McKillip (1987). This study employed a quantitative method using a questionnaire as the research instrument to collect the data on the needs of the users. Purposive sampling was used in this needs analysis involving 80 secondary schools Malay language teachers in Miri, Sarawak. The data obtained were analyzed through descriptive statistics using SPSS software and the interpretation of the data was based on the values of percentages, means, and standard deviations. The findings revealed that the level of needs in developing the teaching activity model to improve the future thinking skills is at a high level. In addition, the findings also indicated that the content needs in developing the model and the needs to use the thinking map in developing the model are at a high level. The findings explained that there is a need to develop the teaching activity model using a thinking map to improve the future thinking skills in order to benefit teachers and students. This is in line with the desire to foster and cultivate the higher order thinking skills among students in Malaysia.