NEEDS ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP E-STUDENT WORKSHEET INTEGRATED JOYFUL LEARNING AND LOCAL WISDOM TO PROMOTE STUDENTS’ CREATIVE THINKING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Abstract

Creative thinking and communication skills are 21st century competencies that need to be facilitated through contextual and technology-based teaching materials, but the student worksheets used in schools may not fully support them. This study analyzes the need for developing an E-Student Worksheet on measurement that integrates joyful learning with local wisdom, and it is limited to the define stage of Thiagarajan's 4D model. Data were collected from 30 class X students and one physics teacher at SMA Negeri 1 Padang Sago at the beginning of the odd semester of 2026, using four instruments validated by expert supervising lecturers, namely a creative thinking essay test, a written communication essay test, a questionnaire on perceived mastery of measurement, and a context analysis instrument, and were analyzed descriptively. According to the teacher's rating, the suitability of the school worksheet to the ideal E-Student Worksheet was 42.5%, with the flexible and interactive indicators as the lowest. Students' creative thinking and written communication reached values of 57.5 and 58.0, and their perceived mastery of measurement reached 56.0%, all in the poor category, with 18 of the 30 students in the very poor category on all three measurements. The findings are limited to one school and do not test the effectiveness of the product, but they provide a basis for designing an interactive and mobile-accessible E-Student Worksheet that uses Minangkabau local wisdom.