The Effects of Learning Experience Using on STEM Education Towards the Logical Thinking Ability of Early Childhood Students
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The purposes of this research were 1) to compare the logical thinking ability of early childhood students before and after learning experience using on STEM education, and 2) to compare the logical thinking ability of early childhood students after learning experience using on STEM education with 75 percent. The sample of this research were 19 early childhood students in kindergarten year 2 from Bankhokkrang School under Nakhon Sawan Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 by using cluster random sampling. The research instruments of this research were 1) 5 lesson plans of learning experience using on STEM education with a high suitable 2) 3 sets of 30 items with 3 picture choice questions of the logical thinking ability tests. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and nonparametric statistics.
The research findings were as follows: 1. The early childhood students who participated the learning experience using on STEM education had logical thinking ability that had posttest higher than pretest with statistically significance at the .05 level. 2. The early childhood students who participated the learning experience using on STEM education had the logical thinking ability scores higher than 75 percent with statistically significance at the .05 level.
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