“…The principles of STEM education, as mentioned above, align with problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, innovation, communication, and collaboration that are the competencies for the 21st century. STEM education has benefits for students, such as increasing academic achievement in science and mathematics (Acar et al, 2018;Austin, Hirstein, & Walen, 1997;Becker & Park, 2011;Breiner et al, 2012;Herdem & Ünal, 2018;Hurley, 2001;Wade-Shepherd, 2016), improving attitudes, motivation, and interest toward STEM disciplines (Gutherie, Wigfield, & VonSecker, 2000;Herdem & Ünal, 2018;Karakaya et al, 2020;Lee et al, 2019;Tseng et al, 2013), promoting conceptual understanding (Margot & Kettler, 2019), and improving higherorder thinking skills and technological literacy (Aldahmash et al, 2019;Herdem & Ünal, 2018;Morrison, 2006; Stohlman, Moore, Roehrig, 2012). STEM education points to using project and inquiry-based teaching rather than traditional teaching (Breiner et al, 2012).…”