Concepts of creativity in design based learning in STEM education

Altan, Esra Bozkurt; Tan, Sema

doi:10.1007/s10798-020-09569-y

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“…Thus, fifth graders are less likely to apply the mathematics and science knowledge that they had learned and use engineering as a way to solve a problem in order to design and make some types of technical products. According to Bozkurt et al (2020), students need to acquire scientific, mathematical, and technological skills to solve real-life problems by using engineer-like designs. Students were also less likely to use technology to compare the cost of items and to calculate the total cost.…”

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The Scientific Creativity of Fifth Graders in a Stem Project-Based Cooperative Learning Approach

Siew

Ambo

2020

PEC

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This research aimed to examine the effects of an integrated STEM project-based with cooperative learning (STEM-PjBCL) approach on fifth graders’ five sub-scales of trait dimension in scientific creativity. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test non-equivalent control group design was employed. A total of 360 fifth graders from four randomly selected primary schools were chosen as sample and assigned to STEM-PjBCL (n=120), PjBL (n=120), and Conventional (CV) (n=120) instructional methods. The Figural Scientific Creativity Test was used as the pre-test and post-test. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) was performed on the post-test scores with pre-test scores as the covariates to examine whether a significant difference existed across the three methods. The results showed that fifth graders taught with the STEM-PjBCL method significantly outperformed their counterparts in the PjBL and CV method in Fluency, Originality, Elaboration, Abstractness of title, and Resistance to premature closure. However, fifth graders taught in the PjBL method did not significantly outperform their counterparts in the CV method in the five sub-scales of scientific creativity. Large effect sizes were obtained for comparing STEM-PjBCL with the PjBL and CV method. The results suggest that the STEM-PjBCL method produces a significant beneficial effect on promoting the five sub-scales of trait dimension of scientific creativity among fifth graders. Keywords: cooperative learning, project-based learning, scientific creativity, STEM, trait dimension.

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The Scientific Creativity of Fifth Graders in a Stem Project-Based Cooperative Learning Approach

Siew

Ambo

2020

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“…Guilford proposed the Structure of Intellect (SOI) model which presents 24 types of divergent thinking to be used in assessing creativity (Altan & Tan, 2020). Divergent thinking is the ability to create a variety of new ideas or knowledge from the existing knowledge to solve a problem (Guilford, 1967).…”

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“…In line with current development, STEM education is an alternative learning method that can be used to enhance creativity in this century (Harris & De Bruin, 2018;Sirajudin et al, 2021). In addition, STEM is also one of the most important approaches to unearth creativity among children (Altan & Tan, 2020). Through STEM learning that involves natural environments and real-world experiences, children are able to explore and widely open their mind.…”

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“…Creativity is one of the main foundations that should be learned and possessed by every human capital be it children, adolescents or adults. Creativity is one of the essential elements in 21st century education (OECD, 2020) and it is also considered an indispensable ability in social life so that the society is able to face the challenges and the increasingly complex global competition in the future (Altan & Tan, 2020). In this regard, UNESCO also stressed that children should be encouraged to improve their creativity.…”

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“…Through STEM learning that involves natural environments and real-world experiences, children are able to explore and widely open their mind. However, less studies have been conducted in relation with fostering creativity through STEM among preschool children because most previous studies focused more on the context of students in primary schools (Conradty & Bogner, 2019;Conradty et al, 2020) secondary schools (Altan & Tan, 2020;Rasul et al, 2018) and universities (Kuo et al, 2019;Sirajudin et al, 2021).…”

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