Development of Experimental Process Skills on the Topic of Heat Using the STEM Education Approach for Second-Year Continuing Students at Pakse Teacher Training College

Abstract

This research aimed to study included the following:1) to develop the learning management using STEM educational to contain the efficiency of 80/80, 2) to compare the students’ management using STEM education, 3) to assess the results of experimenting and reporting practice on STEM education, 4) Three assessments that knowledge, skill and application on STEM education and 5) to explore study the students’ satisfaction of learning achievement through the learning management using STEM education. The sample of research comprised 34 Physics continuing students who were selected by a specific random method. The instruments used in the study were lesson plans, the test to assess the students’ experimental process skills, an achievement test, assessments, and a questionnaire to examine the students’ satisfaction. The statistics employed were mean, standard deviation, and the t-test for dependent samples. The research findings were: 1) The learning, management using STEM education contained its efficiency of 83.95/84.51 which was higher than the set criteria of 80/80, 2) After the students had learnt through the learning management using STEM education, their learning achievement was significantly higher than those of before at 0.05 statistical level, 3) Assessment the experimenting and reporting results were good level, respectively, 4) The results of the three respects assessment and the consideration of learning ability at each stage according to the full learning approach using experimental teaching methods of students were at a good level, and 5) The students’ satisfaction of learning through the learning management using STEM was at very high satisfies level.