ABSTRACT

In this study, the effect of STEM education on the creativity of 5-year-old children was examined. This article presents the relationship between STEM education and creativity in early years of childhood. The semi-experimental method with pretest-posttest-control group is used to observe the difference of creativity scores between study group and control group. ‘Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural A Form and Figural B Form’ were used as data collection tools in the research. As a result of the research, a statistically significant difference was found between the experimental and control group Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking pretest/ posttest total scores (p < .05). The results revealed that the effect of STEM education on the creativity of 5-year-old children attending kindergarten is positive and this effect is permanent.

摘要

本研究考察了 STEM 教育对 5 岁儿童创造力的影响。本文介绍了 STEM 教育与儿童早期创造力之间的关系。采用前测-后测-对照组半实验法观察研究组与对照组创造力得分的差异。“创造性思维图 A 表和图 B 表的托伦斯测试”被用作研究中的数据收集工具。研究结果表明，实验组与对照组托伦斯测试的创造性思维前测/后测总分存在统计学显着差异（p < .05）。结果表明，STEM教育对5岁入园幼儿创造力的影响是积极的，而且这种影响是永久性的。