The Effects of Blended Learning with STEM Education to Enhance Science Problem Solving Thinking for Grade VIII Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) To construct of Blended Learning with STEM Education to enhance science problem solving thinking for Grade VIII Students 2) To compare scientific problem solving before and after learning of learners with integrated lessons 3) To compare the learning achievement before and after the study 4) To study the satisfaction of the learners with the integrated lessons. The Sample were Grade VIII Students in the first semester of academic year 2018, Sichomphusuksa School, Sichomphu District, Khon Kaen, province 32 students. Obtained by simple random sampling technique. The instruments used in this research were Blended Learning with STEM Education to enhance science problem solving thinking for grade VIII students, The science problem solving thinking evaluation test before and after were learning combination of four multiple choice options of 20 items, The achievement evaluation test before and after were learning combination of four multiple choice options of 20 items and The questionnaire of student’s satisfaction. This student pattern was the one-group pretest-posttest design. The statistics used in data analysis were Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation and T-Test dependent. The research findings indicated that 1) Blended Learning had the efficiency 81.93/882.66 2) the students’ posttest scores on science problem solving thinking was higher than the pretest scores before the statically significant at the level .05 3) The students’ scores on posttest was higher than the pretest scores before the statically significant at the level .05 4) The students’ significant was at “high” level.