STEM Education Management through Online Social Media for Creative Thinking Skills Development of 6th Grade Students

Abstract

            The objectives of the research were 1) to develop STEM-based learning activities through online social media for grade 6 based on the 80/80 standardized criteria efficiency, 2) to compare the achievement of the 6^th grade students before and after using STEM-based learning activities through online social media, 3) to assess creative thinking skills of the students after using the STEM-based learning activities through online social media, 4) to survey the satisfaction of the students with the learning activities through online social media. The sample subjects were twenty 6^th grade students at Phonthongwitayakarn school, Renu Nakhorn District, Nakhon Panom Province in the first semester of 2017. They were selected by cluster random sampling.  The instrument was STEM-based learning activities through online social media, an achievement test, a creative thinking skills test, and a questionnaire. The statistics used were mean and standard deviation, and T-test dependent was used for hypothesis testing.

The research results indicated that the efficiency value of the STEM-based learning activities through online social media was 81.75/80.50. The average achievement of the student after using the STEM-based learning activities through online social media was significantly higher than that before using the activities at the .05 level. The average creative thinking skill of the students after using the STEM-based learning activities through online social media was at a high level. And the overall satisfaction of the student with the learning activities through online social media was at a high level.