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Published on: October 6, 2022
Design My Music Instrument: A Project-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Program on The
Li Cheng1,2, Meiling Wang2, Yanru Chen2
1Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Creativity is an essential factor in ensuring the sustainable development of a society. Improving students' creativity has gained much attention in education, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education. In a quasi-experimental design, this study examines the effectiveness of a project-based STEAM program on the development of creativity in Chinese elementary school science education. We selected two fourth-graders classes. One received a project-based STEAM program (the experimental group, n = 33), and the other received a conventional science teaching (the control group, n = 33) over 6 weeks. Students' creativity was assessed before and after the intervention using a multi-method approach, including a test of divergent thinking, a story completion through the Consensus Assessment Technique (CAT), a creative self-efficacy (CSE) measure, and a group-based creative project. Moreover, all students received a test of their science knowledge after the intervention. The results showed that compared with the control group, the creativity of the experimental group students improved significantly for 6 weeks at both individual and group level, even though their knowledge in science were comparable. This result confirmed the effectiveness of a project-based STEAM educational program improving elementary school students' creativity. Implications are discussed.
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