Integrating novel engineering strategies into STEM education: APP design and an assessment of engineering‐related attitudes

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become an international priority. STEM education provides students with interdisciplinary knowledge and promotes the cultivation of high‐level skills. However, STEM training opportunities for teachers are rare, which results in f...

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Published in:British journal of educational technology 2020-11, Vol.51 (6), p.1938-1959
Main Authors: Wang, Liyan, Chiang, Feng‐Kuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
21st Century Skills
Attitudes
Computer Software
Cultivation
Educational Opportunities
Educational Strategies
Educational Technology
Elementary Secondary Education
Engineering
Engineering Education
Evaluation
flow experience
Foreign Countries
Grade 7
Instructional Effectiveness
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics education
Methods
Middle School Students
Middle Schools
novel engineering
Novels
Quasiexperimental Design
Research Methodology
Science education
Scientific Literacy
Software
Software engineering
STEM Education
STEM learning interest
STEM software
Student Attitudes
Students
Teaching Methods
Technical education
Technology education
Technology Integration
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Summary:Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become an international priority. STEM education provides students with interdisciplinary knowledge and promotes the cultivation of high‐level skills. However, STEM training opportunities for teachers are rare, which results in fewer opportunities for primary and secondary students to receive high‐quality engineering education. Novel Engineering is an innovative strategy to integrate engineering and literacy in STEM education. To this end, the researchers developed, implemented and evaluated a novel engineering STEM software program based on the story of Robinson Crusoe. A quasi‐experimental single‐group pre‐ and posttest research method was adopted. A total of 72 students in two seventh grade classes at a junior middle school in Shanghai participated in the study. Data were collected and analysed through STEM learning interest scales, flow status scales, interviews and students’ STEM work scores. The research findings demonstrated that students gave a high evaluation of the novel engineering STEM software program. Furthermore, this STEM software program contributed to students’ significant improvements in the attitudes of mathematics and 21st century skill and provided students with a lasting and better flow experience. Finally, suggestions were proposed for STEM software design, implementation and evaluation.
ISSN:0007-1013
1467-8535
DOI:10.1111/bjet.13031