Developing Engineering Design Process Skills through Learning Management according to the Topic of Air Pressure and Wind for 7th Grade Students

Abstract

This research purposed to: 1) compare the activity management achievement before and after the activity management due to the guidelines of STEM Education for 7^th Grade Students, Kusuantaeng Wittayakom School, 2) develop the engineering design process skills through the learning management due to the guidelines of STEM Education in the topic of Air Pressure and Wind, and 3) assess the 7^th Grade Students’ satisfaction , Kusuantaeng Wittayakom School towards the guidelines of STEM Education learning management. The research samples were 32 7^th Grade Students, Kusuantaeng Wittayakom School, derived from the simple random sampling. The research instruments consisted of knowledge test, understanding in science concepts in the topic of Air Pressure and Wind, the assessment form for engineering design process, assessment for the model construction and the satisfaction questionnaires towards STEN Education learning management, concluding the data analysis results to find the conclusion. The research statistics used included the mean and standard deviation. The research results found that: 1) The students had the pre-test mean score valued 3.59 (S.D. = 1.29), and the posttest mean score equaled 10.62 (S.D. = 1.60). When comparing the pre-test and posttest mean score, it implied that the posttest mean score was higher than the pre-test mean score at the statistical significance of .05 level. 2) The assessment results of solving-problem skills in engineering design process skills revealed in overall at the good and the best level, 3) The students’ satisfaction assessment towards learning due to STEM Education guidelines exposed that the students were satisfied and admired with STEM Education activities in the topic of Air Pressure and Wind in the most level.