Effect of STEM Learning Management, Entitled ‘Smart Farm’ on Scientific Creativity, Conceptual Understanding, Satisfaction and Attitude towards Learning Management of Pre-service Science Teachers

Abstract

This research aimed to study the effect of the STEM learning management on the scientific creativity, conceptual understanding, satisfaction and attitude towards the learning management activities; entitled, ‘Smart Farm’. The sample group in this research included 30 third-year pre-service students studying in General Science Major, Faculty
of Education, Buriram Rajabhat University, derived from the simple random sampling within 12 hours of the research conduct duration. The instruments used in this research contained the learning management plans in the STEM learning management, entitled ‘Smart Farm’, the test to assess the scientific creativity, the test to assess the conceptual understanding in applying to use the Microcontroller technology, entitled ‘Smart Farm’, the questionnaires for the satisfaction towards the learning management and the questionnaires for the attitude towards the learning management. This experimental design was the one-group, pre-test post-test design. The data analysis comprised the calculation with the mean, standard deviation and the t-test with the dependent sample group. The research findings revealed that the students studied with the STEM learning management had the scores in the conceptual understanding in applying to use
the Controller technology, entitle ‘Smart Farm’, and the scores of scientific creation after learning higher than before learning at the statistical significance. The students’ satisfaction towards learning implied in the most level, and the attitude evaluation on the STEM learning management revealed in the much level.