THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTONAL PROCESS USING STEM EDUCATION TO ENHANCE ABILITIES IN PRODUCING AND INSTRUCTING STEM LEARNING ACTIVITIES PACKAGES OF PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS การพัฒนากระบวนการจัดการเรียนรู้ตามแนวคิดสะเต็มศึกษาเพื่อส่งเสริมความสามารถในการผลิตและใช้ชุดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้สะเต็มของนักศึกษาครูวิทยาศาสตร์
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This research aimed to 1) develop the instructional process using stem education to enhance pre-service science teachers’ abilities in producing and instructing STEM learning activities packages, 2) study pre-service science teachers’ abilities in producing and instructing stem learning activities packages, and 3) study middle school students’ scientific conception through STEM learning activities packages. The research and development was used as a research methodology. The participants were 26 pre-service science teachers and 183 middle school students. The data were collected from the abilities assessment form, observation, interviews, and document analysis. Content analysis is used as data analysis tool and verified reliability by using resource triangulation. The research results indicated that 1) the developing instructional process consisted of 7 processes: (1) Introduction, (2) Analyze, Identify the Problem and Constraints, (3) Research and Brainstorm Possible Solution, (4) Plan and Design, (5) Build a Prototype, (6) Testing, Evaluation and Redesign, and (7) Presentation and Reflection. 2) After learning with the developed instructional process, most of the pre-service science teachers obtained a good for the abilities assessment test, and 3) the Middle school students’ scientific concepts are mostly sound understanding (SU) and partial understanding (PU) in a similar proportion.
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