Cultivating Students’ STEAM Competence in STEAM Education: Constructing
Models and Developing Measurement Scale in Chinese primary school
Abstract
To improve the quality of STEAM education and cultivate STEAM
competence, the purpose of this research was designed to examine the
students’ experiences in cultivating STEAM competence, which was focused
on students’ engaging experience in STEAM education. Through several
investigation and questionnaires to achieve this purpose, to construct
an analytic hierarchy model and measurement model by employing the
analytic hierarchy process and confirmatory factor analysis in R 3.3.3
and Mplus8.3. Besides, correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis
(EFA), and path analysis were also employed. The participants are the
researchers, educators, and administrators (Total= 856), as well as the
4th grade to 6th grade students
(N=1126). Summarizing the main results: (1) the dimension of students’
STEAM competence (SSC) was established through the analytic hierarchy
model, which was practical cognition, interpersonal interaction, and
comprehensive influence point to the individual, society, and living
world. (2) the criteria and sub-criteria of SSC were modified,
corrected, and determined through the analytic hierarchy model and
measurement model to construct the SSC scale (SSCs), which was
psychological cognition, situated learning, practical inquiry, social
communication, rational decision making, creative presentation, and
impact assessment. (3) the relationships between each criterion were
examined through correlation analysis and path analysis. Finally, the
conclusion, significance, limitations, and future work were also
discussed to promote the development of students’ STEAM
competence.
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