Developing Creative Material in STEM Courses Using Integrated Engineering Design Based on APOS Theory

Autor/inn/en	Zhong, Hua-Xu; Lai, Chin-Feng; Chang, Jui-Hung; Chiu, Po-Sheng
Titel	Developing Creative Material in STEM Courses Using Integrated Engineering Design Based on APOS Theory
Quelle	In: International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33 (2023) 4, S.1627-1651 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chiu, Po-Sheng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957 7572
DOI	10.1007/s10798-022-09788-5
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Instructional Materials; Material Development; STEM Education; Engineering; Design; Computation; Thinking Skills; College Students; Instructional Effectiveness; Gender Differences; Educational Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; STEM; Maschinenbau; Denkfähigkeit; Collegestudent; Unterrichtserfolg; Geschlechterkonflikt; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie
Abstract	Over the past several years, creativity has been recognized as an important skill for success in STEM education, engineering design and computational thinking. There is limited research on how to apply Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate (CDIO) engineering design in STEM courses and how it affects students' creativity. This study strategically integrated computational thinking (CT), STEM, and CDIO engineering design, based on Action-Process-Object-Schema (APOS) theory, into a course. This study has adopted a framework to design creative learning materials and examined how this framework impacts students' creativity. This study used a pretest-posttest nonequivalent-groups design. The study investigated a STEM course which had 40 participants (n = 40, male = 11, female = 29) for 12 weeks. 6 weeks were spent using traditional teaching and 6 weeks integrating a CDIO framework into computational thinking. All the students in the course were college students with teacher college backgrounds. To examine the impact of our course, we used a questionnaire to examine the students' creativity before and after the STEM course was applied. Our results show that our course had a significantly impact on our students' creativity, particularly in the case of the male students. This finding is consistent with the findings of other research studies. This study also offers some suggestions for teachers who wish to improve their learning materials. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01