Effectiveness of on-line STEM project-based learning for female senior high school students

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Title:	Effectiveness of on-line STEM project-based learning for female senior high school students
Authors:	Lou, Shi-jer;Liu, Yi-Hui;Shih, Ru-Chu;Chuang, Shun-Yuan;Tseng, Kuo-hung
Contributors:	National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1 Shuefu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 912, Taiwan;National Kaohsiung Normal University, 116 Heping 1st Rd., Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan;National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1 Shuefu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 912, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected];National Kaohsiung Normal University, 116 Heping 1st Rd., Kaohsiung City 802, Taiwan;Meiho University, 23 Pingguang Rd., Neipu, Pingtung, Taiwan
Keywords:	female senior higher school student;learning effectiveness;project-based learning (PBL);STEM
Date:	2010-03
Issue Date:	2011-09-26T03:18:16Z (UTC)
Abstract:	This study aimed to develop an interdisciplinary on-line learning project for female senior high school students and to explore their participation process and its learning eﬀectiveness. The topic for the project was ‘The creative design of a cup speaker’. The ﬁve-stage model comprised preparation, implementation, presentation, evaluation and revision (PIPER). The model was used for the integrated learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Throughout the project, the students were able to discuss and share knowledge about their projects via the STEM online platform. The study involved 40 volunteers from a girl’s senior high school in Taiwan, grouped into ten teams of six students. Textual analyses, survey questionnaires, and interviews were used to collect data. The ﬁndings of the study show that the female students were engaged in the project and were able to combine theory with practice eﬀectively to create cupspeakers according to the ﬁve stages of PIPER. In addition, this project created a new opportunity for female Taiwanese senior high school students to experience the joy of engineering design as well as to enhance the eﬀectiveness of the STEM knowledge application. Therefore, the design of interdisciplinary and hands-on projects is seen as an important issue for future curriculum design.
Relation:	International Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 27, No. 2, pp.399-410
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