Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science Education
This research examines how design-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities in early childhood affect the development of critical thinking skills in preschool children aged 60-72 months. The research was conducted using an action research design. The participants of t...
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| description | This research examines how design-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities in early childhood affect the development of critical thinking skills in preschool children aged 60-72 months. The research was conducted using an action research design. The participants of the study were determined according to the purposeful sampling method. The researcher's participants consist of 15 children attending preschool education. In the study, the Critical Thinking Skill Rubric was used as a data collection tool. With this scoring key, the students' weekly work based on STEM activities was evaluated and their developments were monitored. The study was conducted with the implementation of 8 STEM scenarios. The data of the research were scored by two different scorers. Descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data. In the first week, it was determined that critical thinking skills were insufficient, but a significant improvement was observed in these skills during the application process. The research results show that the students enjoyed the STEM applications, their interest levels increased, and the problems experienced during the activity process decreased. Various suggestions have been presented based on the research results. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3c1198f45dc249cca8172cede66df5ee2025-08-20T01:56:51ZengAnadolu University, EskisehirAnadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi dergisi2602-22492024-07-018397199910.34056/aujef.146460526Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science EducationVesile Uyulan0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1330-505XSerkan Aslan1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-4233Milli Eğitim BakanlığıSÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİThis research examines how design-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities in early childhood affect the development of critical thinking skills in preschool children aged 60-72 months. The research was conducted using an action research design. The participants of the study were determined according to the purposeful sampling method. The researcher's participants consist of 15 children attending preschool education. In the study, the Critical Thinking Skill Rubric was used as a data collection tool. With this scoring key, the students' weekly work based on STEM activities was evaluated and their developments were monitored. The study was conducted with the implementation of 8 STEM scenarios. The data of the research were scored by two different scorers. Descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data. In the first week, it was determined that critical thinking skills were insufficient, but a significant improvement was observed in these skills during the application process. The research results show that the students enjoyed the STEM applications, their interest levels increased, and the problems experienced during the activity process decreased. Various suggestions have been presented based on the research results.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3845739tasarım tabanlı stemerken çocukluk eğitimifen eğitimieleştirel düşünmeeylem araştırmasıdesign-based stemearly childhood educationscience educationcritical thinkingaction research |
| spellingShingle | Vesile Uyulan Serkan Aslan Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science Education Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi dergisi tasarım tabanlı stem erken çocukluk eğitimi fen eğitimi eleştirel düşünme eylem araştırması design-based stem early childhood education science education critical thinking action research |
| title | Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science Education |
| title_full | Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science Education |
| title_fullStr | Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science Education |
| title_short | Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills with STEM Activities in Early Childhood Science Education |
| title_sort | development of students critical thinking skills with stem activities in early childhood science education |
| topic | tasarım tabanlı stem erken çocukluk eğitimi fen eğitimi eleştirel düşünme eylem araştırması design-based stem early childhood education science education critical thinking action research |
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