Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of designing an educational unit based on the STEM integration approach and its impact on the acquisition of environmental concepts among eighth-grade students in Jerash Governorate during the academic year 2019/2020. The study sample consisted of 49 female students. One data collection tool was developed: an environmental concepts test encompassing five dimensions: semantics, discovery of the scientific concept, interpretation of observations, application of the concept in problem-solving, and use of the concept in inference and generalization. The findings showed that there were statistically significant differences between the two averages of the post-test scores on the environmental concepts test across its five dimensions, favoring the students in the experimental group compared to those in the control group. The results indicated that the effect size was as follows: 74.78% for the skill of using the scientific concept in inference and generalization, 65.54% for the skill of concept discovery, 54.13% for the skill of determining verbal significance, 52.63% for the skill of interpreting observations, and 34.22% for the skill of applying the scientific concept in problem-solving.
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Al-Titi, Iyad and Al-Omari, Wesal
(2024)
"The Effectiveness of an Educational Unit Based on the STEM Integration Approach in the Acquisition of Environmental Concepts among Eighth-Grade Students,"
Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series: Vol. 30:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jjoas-h/vol30/iss2/6