USING STEAM LEARNING APPROACH TO DEVELOP MATHEMATICAL CREATIVE THINKING OF GRADE 6 STUDENTS ON GEOMETRIC FIGURES IN WOVEN FABRIC PATTERNS
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This research aimed to study using the STEAM learning approach to develop mathematically creative thinking skills about geometric shapes within in woven fabric sewing patterns of the Ban-Nam-Ang community,Uttaradit Province. The research participants were 30 Grade 6 students, and the research methodology was three spirals of action research. The instruments consisted of lesson plans, reflective learning journals, students’ activity sheets and artifacts, and a mathematical creative thinking test. The data were analyzed through content analysis and triangulations. The results revealed that teaching using the STEAM learning approach must focus on 1) examining students' prior knowledge or experience, 2) using problematic situations that students encounter in everyday life or in their community contexts and then encouraging them to search for information about those situations from various reliable sources, and 3) allowing students to work together to develop new knowledge along with solving the problem; they would learn about the geometric figures and then create a new woven fabric sewing pattern for themselves. Next, they must share their opinions and give suggestions to each other. After three spirals, most students finally appeared to have improved on generating diverse ideas, creating new ideas, and evaluating and improving ideas, respectively.
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