A proposed program in light of the STEM approach; to provide third-grade primary school students in Riyadh with scientific concepts in the weather and climate unit

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 السعودية -أستاذ المناهج وتعليم العلوم المشارك -قسم العلوم التربوية -كلية التربية- جامعة المجمعة

2 السعودية- معلمة علوم التعليم العام- تعليم الرياض

Abstract

The aim of the research was to build a proposed program in light of the STEM approach to provide third-grade primary school students in Riyadh with scientific concepts in the weather and climate unit. To achieve the research objectives, the experimental method (quasi-experimental design) was used, and the tools consisted of testing the scientific concepts included in the (weather and climate) unit. The research was applied to a sample selected randomly from integration schools (boys-girls) in the primary stage in Riyadh, where the total sample was (92) third-grade primary school students, where the number of the control group was (46) students (23) males and (23) females, and the number of the experimental group was (46) students (23) males and (23) females.  The research reached the following results: There is a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.01) between the application of the pre- and post-test of scientific concepts in favor of the post-test, and there is no statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.01) due to the gender variable (males - females). In light of the results, the research presented a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the interest of those responsible for curricula in developing them according to the STEM approach.

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