Cilt 8 Sayı 45 (2020)

Araştırma Makalesi

Fen Eğitiminde Kullanılabilecek Bir STEAM Etkinliği

Yayımlandı 29.02.2020

Cilt 8 Sayı 45 kapak

Abstract

A STEAM Activity That Can Be Used in Science Education

In STEAM education the fields of science, mathematics, engineering, art and technology are taught by integrating these fields in a holistic way instead of teaching them separately. However, preparing STEAM activities that helps actualizing students’ learning in terms of concepts, principles and actions related to science classes is a difficult process. This study involves a STEAM activity prepared as a sample that can be used in teaching and learning process. The activity prepared was implemented to 7th grade middle school students composed of 37 participants. Before and after implementation, a questionnaire that was composed of three open ended questions was applied in order to determine how the activity is effective. As a result of the implementation, it was concluded that the activity developed was effective in students’ learning in the science topic entitled as conservation of energy. For this reason, it is thought that the activity prepared about the conservation of energy topic in which students have a lot of misconceptions will be a useful class activity that can improve students’ meaningful learning. Besides, it can also be used as a practical teaching design that can easily be used in crowded classes.

Keywords STEM, STEAM, activity, energy, middle school students

Öz

STEAM eğitiminde fen, matematik, mühendislik, sanat ve teknoloji alanları tek tek öğretilmek yerine birbirine entegre edilerek bütüncül bir şekilde öğretilir. Ancak, öğrencilerin fen derslerindeki kavram, ilke ve olaylara ilişkin öğrenmelerin gerçekleşmesine yardımcı olan STEAM etkinliklerinin hazırlanması oldukça zor bir süreçtir. Bu çalışmada öğrenme-öğretme sürecinde yararlanılabilecek örnek olarak hazırlanmış bir STEAM etkinliğine yer verilmiştir. Etkinliğin tüm basamakları gerekli açıklamalar yapılarak sunulmuştur. Hazırlanan etkinlik, 37 katılımcıdan oluşan ortaokul yedinci sınıf öğrencilerine uygulanmıştır. Uygulama öncesinde ve sonrasında öğretimin etkililiğini belirlemek amacıyla üç adet açık uçlu sorudan oluşan bir soru formu uygulanmıştır. Uygulama sonucunda, geliştirilen etkinliğin öğrencilerin enerjinin korunumu konusunu öğrenmesinde etkili olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca etkinlik sonucunda tüm gruplar bir tasarım ortaya koymuşlardır. Bu nedenle öğrencilerin yanılgılarının yoğun olduğu enerjinin korunumu konusunda hazırlanan bu etkinliğin öğrencilerde anlamlı öğrenmeleri gerçekleştirebilecek faydalı bir ders etkinliği olacağı düşünülmektedir. Ayrıca kalabalık sınıflarda rahatça uygulanabilecek pratik bir öğretim tasarımı olarak da kullanılabilecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler STEM, STEAM, etkinlik, enerji, ortaokul öğrencileri

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