Preschool Children’s Science Motivation and Process Skills during Inquiry-Based STEM Activities

Hasan DİLEK; Adem TAŞDEMİR; Ahmet Sami KONCA; Serdal BALTACI

doi:https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.673901

Makale detayları

Preschool Children’s Science Motivation and Process Skills during Inquiry-Based STEM Activities

Yazarlar:

Hasan DİLEK | Adem TAŞDEMİR | Ahmet Sami KONCA | Serdal BALTACI

Yayıncı:

Seyit Ahmet KIRAY

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

Journal of Education in Science Environment and Health 2020 Vol.6 Issue 2, pp.92-104

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000503008

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-214X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.673901

Özet:

 

STEM is an educational practice to integrate science, mathematics, engineering, and technology within the formal and informal context and it provides practical opportunities for the child to make sense of the world holistically. Moreover, the most important benefit of STEM activities for children, including engineering design, is to improve or support children's science and mathematics skills and social-emotional development. In this study, therefore, it was aimed to investigate children’s science motivation as well as their usage of scientific process skills during inquiry-based STEM activities including engineering designs. Fourteen 5/6-years-old children included in the study and classroom observations, pre and post interviews were conducted to collect rich data. The findings revealed that children frequently engaged in STEM activities by employing at least one of the science process skills and they used engineering thinking apart from the science process skills. Moreover, following inquiry-based STEM activities, children have recognized science as an area of activity, and there have been positive changes in their motivation towards science.

Makale detayları

Preschool Children’s Science Motivation and Process Skills during Inquiry-Based STEM Activities

Yazarlar: Hasan DİLEK | Adem TAŞDEMİR | Ahmet Sami KONCA | Serdal BALTACI

Yayıncı: Seyit Ahmet KIRAY

Ana Başlıklar: Eğitim

Dergi: Journal of Education in Science Environment and Health 2020 Vol.6 Issue 2, pp.92-104

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000503008

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2149-214X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.673901

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hasan DİLEK | Adem TAŞDEMİR | Ahmet Sami KONCA | Serdal BALTACI

Yayıncı:

Seyit Ahmet KIRAY

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

Journal of Education in Science Environment and Health 2020 Vol.6 Issue 2, pp.92-104

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000503008

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-214X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.673901