STEM Education Activity Provision on Good Products in RoiEt to Develop Problem-Solving Ability in Young Children

Abstract

STEM Education Activity Provision on Good Products in RoiEt to Develop Problem-Solving Ability in Young Children

The research aimed to study the effects of STEM education activity provision on good products in RoiEt to develop problem solving abilities in young children before and after the activity provision. The target group of the research included 19 male and female young children, 5 - 6 years of ages, who were studying in the kindergarten 2 level in the 1st semester of the academic year 2015 in Koksawangharnpraiwan School, RoiEt province. The instruments used were 24 STEM Education activity provision plans and a test of 10 problem-solving simulations of young children, the behavioral observation form. The quantitative data were analyzed by mean and standard deviation, and the analysis of the qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis.

The results revealed that young children achieved higher problem-solving scores after participating in STEM education activity provision on good products in Roi Et. According to the observation form, young children could solve problem better after participating STEM education activity provision on good products in RoiEt.