FOSTERING STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION IN STEM THROUGH AN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS
Journal Title: Problems of Education in the 21st Century - Year 2017, Vol 75, Issue 2
Abstract
This research was conducted to evaluate the scientifc imagination of Grade 10 students from one Malaysian rural secondary school that adopted the integration of the imagination process in an Engineering Design Process (EDPI) through an outreach program in STEM. Three stages of scientifc imagination process were evaluated: initiation, dynamic adjustment, and virtual implementation. A total of 50 students aged 16 participated in a 10-hour program, which engaged them in designing and building two different prototypes. Data on students’ scientifc imagination were captured through a pre-test and post-test, and teachers’ feld notes based on focus group interviews and observations. The results of paired sample t-tests showed signifcant differences in all three stages of scientifc imagination process, except in the brainstorming of the initiation stage. The fndings reveal that students required both personal experience and social or environment interactions in order to progress from the initiation stage to the virtual implementation stage. The fndings also suggested that the EDPI approach is able to create a supportive environment for fostering scientifc imagination among rural secondary school students.
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Nyet Moi Siew
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