Effect of STEM Education Approach on Biology Achievement, Scientific Creativity and Instructional Satisfaction of Grade 11 Students

Abstract

his research aimed to study the effect of STEM Education approach on biology achievement, scientific creativity and instructional satisfaction of Grade 11 Students. The study recruited 48 students who were studying in grade 11/3 at Demonstration School Prince of Songkla University, Muang District, Pattani Province, Thailand, in the second semester of the 2016.The samples were selected by using the simple random sampling technique.They were instructed through STEM education approach.The duration of research was 18 hours.The research instruments consisted of a lesson plan designed based on STEM Education approach learning under the topic of structures and functions of plans, biology achievement test, scientific creativity test, instructional satisfaction test and researcher’s field-note. The experimental research was conducted using One Group via pretest-posttest design. Mean, standard deviation and t-test dependent were employed in the data analysis.
The results findings were as follows : The students’ mean score of the post - test on biology achievement and scientific creativity were higher than mean score of the pre - test at the statistical significance level of .01. In addition, the students’ satisfaction towards STEM Education approach was at the high level.