Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become an international priority. STEM education provides students with interdisciplinary knowledge and promotes the cultivation of high‐level skills. However, STEM training opportunities for teachers are rare, which results in fewer opportunities for primary and secondary students to receive high‐quality engineering education. Novel Engineering is an innovative strategy to integrate engineering and literacy in STEM education. To this end, the researchers developed, implemented and evaluated a novel engineering STEM software program based on the story of Robinson Crusoe. A quasi‐experimental single‐group pre‐ and posttest research method was adopted. A total of 72 students in two seventh grade classes at a junior middle school in Shanghai participated in the study. Data were collected and analysed through STEM learning interest scales, flow status scales, interviews and students’ STEM work scores. The research findings demonstrated that students gave a high evaluation of the novel engineering STEM software program. Furthermore, this STEM software program contributed to students’ significant improvements in the attitudes of mathematics and 21st century skill and provided students with a lasting and better flow experience. Finally, suggestions were proposed for STEM software design, implementation and evaluation.

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将新颖的工程策略整合到STEM教育中：APP设计和对工程相关态度的评估

科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育已成为国际优先事项。STEM教育为学生提供了跨学科知识，并促进了高级技能的培养。但是，为教师提供STEM培训的机会很少，这导致中小学生接受高质量工程教育的机会较少。新颖工程学是将工程学和读写能力整合到STEM教育中的创新策略。为此，研究人员根据鲁滨逊·克鲁索的故事开发，实施和评估了一种新颖的工程STEM软件程序。采用了一种准实验的单组前后测试方法。在上海初中的两个七年级班中，共有72名学生参加了这项研究。通过STEM学习兴趣量表，流程状态量表，访谈和学生的STEM工作分数来收集和分析数据。研究结果表明，学生对新颖的工程STEM软件程序给予了很高的评价。此外，该STEM软件程序还极大地改善了学生在数学和21世纪技能方面的态度，并为他们提供了持久且更好的流程体验。最后，对STEM软件的设计，实施和评估提出了建议。该STEM软件程序有助于学生显着改善数学态度和21世纪技能的态度，并为学生提供持久且更好的流程体验。最后，对STEM软件的设计，实施和评估提出了建议。该STEM软件程序有助于学生显着改善数学态度和21世纪技能的态度，并为学生提供持久且更好的流程体验。最后，对STEM软件的设计，实施和评估提出了建议。