The Effect of STEM Activities on the Scientific Creativity of Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Dogan, Alev; Kahraman, Emine
Titel	The Effect of STEM Activities on the Scientific Creativity of Middle School Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 13 (2021) 2, S.1241-1266 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1562-0506
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Science Activities; Science Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Engineering; Design; Middle School Students; Grade 8; Public Schools; Problem Solving; Creativity Tests; Creative Thinking; Scores; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Maschinenbau; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Problemlösen; Creativity test; Kreativitätstest; Kreatives Denken; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Recently, potential effects of STEM activities on students in science education are among important research topics. Therefore, in this study, the effect of STEM activity practices on the scientific creativity of middle school students was investigated. The research sample consists of 98 (experimental group = 50 students, control group = 48 students) eighth grade students studying at a state secondary school in the 2018-2019 academic year. The research is a pre-test post-test control group quasi-experimental design. While teaching with STEM activities was applied to the experimental group, the content of the science implementations course curriculum was applied to the control group. During the implementation process, the groups were not affected by each other and the lesson times were treated equally in all groups. The data of the study were obtained with the "Scientific Creativity Test" and evaluated with the t-test. When the research results are examined; It was determined that there was a significant increase in the scientific creativity test results of the experimental group compared to the control group, and according to these results, it can be said that the STEM activity practices in the study contributed to the scientific creativity of the students. However, when the scientific creativity test fluency, flexibility and originality sub-scores of the experimental and control groups were evaluated, it can be said that the results differed significantly in favor of the experimental group. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	World Council for Curriculum and Instruction. California School of Education, Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131. Web site: http://ijci.wcci-international.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01