Academic Performance of Students with and without Stem Education
Keywords:
STEM education, Academic performance, critical thinking skills, Problem solving skillsAbstract
This research work was designed to know academic performance of students with and without STEM education. It was a quasi-experimental research and non-equivalent control group design was used. Self-developed achievement test in the subject of General Science were used as research tool. Grade eight textbook was used as the instrument of the study. The sample was selected using a simple random sampling technique. Two sample classes and their students were randomly selected from public sector girls’ schools of District Jhang. Selected classes were randomly assigned as control group and experimental group. Academic achievement of students was checked before the treatment using pretest and after the treatment using posttest. Collected data was analyzed using statistical techniques (i.e., Mean, SD and t-test) using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The objectives of the study were; (a) to find out academic performance of students in grade 8. (b) to find out effectiveness of STEM education in improving academic performance of students of grade 8. It was concluded that the academic performance of students was almost same before the treatment while, after the treatment, the academic performance of students of experimental group was higher than the academic performance of control group. It was found that equal ability students when taught through STEM education performed better after the treatment. Hence STEM education method proved as better alternative as compared to the traditional method for teaching science.
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