Integrated STEM education programme with engineering design activities for 6th-grade science units¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

An integrated STEM implementation delivered within the 6th-grade science programme across the units of force and motion, light and sound, electrical conduction, and matter and heat, lasting 22 hours over 5 weeks after a 1-week pilot. The article states that "The students were asked to design proposals for solutions of the problem and to design these solutions, and the designs were transformed into products and the engineering processes of the students were evaluated." A sample activity, 'I design a racing car', followed the engineering design cycle within the velocity topic.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

A teacher trained via a STEM teacher certification programme delivered the whole study
A pilot week prepared students for the engineering design cycle and STEM integration

Constraints¶

This research is limited to the middle school science curriculum and the topics covered

Target Learners¶

6th-grade middle school students

Learning Goals¶

academic achievement in science units
reflective thinking skills towards problem solving

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Sarican, G., Akgunduz, D. (2018). The impact of integrated STEM education on academic achievement, reflective thinking skills towards problem solving and permanence in learning in science education. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 13(1), 94-113. http://www.cjes.eu

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`type`	`design`
`id`	`integrated-stem-engineering-design-6th-grade-science-program`
`title`	`Integrated STEM education programme with engineering design activities for 6th-grade science units`
`description`	`An integrated STEM implementation delivered within the 6th-grade science programme across the units of force and motion, light and sound, electrical conduction, and matter and heat, lasting 22 hours over 5 weeks after...`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-11-02`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `sarican-2018`

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