ERIC Number: EJ1265615
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1822-7864
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The Scientific Creativity of Fifth Graders in a STEM Project-Based Cooperative Learning Approach
Siew, Nyet Moi; Ambo, Norjanah
Problems of Education in the 21st Century, v78 n4 p627-643 2020
This research aimed to examine the effects of an integrated STEM project-based with cooperative learning (STEM-PjBCL) approach on fifth graders' five sub-scales of trait dimension in scientific creativity. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test non-equivalent control group design was employed. A total of 360 fifth graders from four randomly selected primary schools were chosen as sample and assigned to STEM-PjBCL (n=120), PjBL (n=120), and Conventional (CV) (n=120) instructional methods. The Figural Scientific Creativity Test was used as the pre-test and post-test. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) was performed on the post-test scores with pre-test scores as the covariates to examine whether a significant difference existed across the three methods. The results showed that fifth graders taught with the STEM-PjBCL method significantly outperformed their counterparts in the PjBL and CV method in Fluency, Originality, Elaboration, Abstractness of title, and Resistance to premature closure. However, fifth graders taught in the PjBL method did not significantly outperform their counterparts in the CV method in the five sub-scales of scientific creativity. Large effect sizes were obtained for comparing STEM-PjBCL with the PjBL and CV method. The results suggest that the STEM-PjBCL method produces a significant beneficial effect on promoting the five sub-scales of trait dimension of scientific creativity among fifth graders.
Descriptors: Creativity, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, STEM Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Cooperative Learning, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Science Activities, Personality Traits, Conventional Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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