Program of Activities Based on STEM project Approach in developing Entrepreneurship Skills, Vocational Interests toward STEM Fields and Scientific Principles among The Preparatory Stage Students

Gebril, Osama

doi:10.21608/jsre.2020.107641

Program of Activities Based on STEM project Approach in developing Entrepreneurship Skills, Vocational Interests toward STEM Fields and Scientific Principles among The Preparatory Stage Students

Document Type : Original Article

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osama gebril

10.21608/jsre.2020.107641

Abstract

Abstract:
The current research aimed to identify the effectiveness of Program of Activities based on STEM project approach in developing an entrepreneurship skill, vocational Interests toward STEM Fields and scientific principles among The preparatory stage students. To achieve this goal, the researcher prepared a program of Activities Based on STEM project Approach, Research tools have also been built, which are a scale of entrepreneurship skill, a scale of vocational Interests toward STEM Fields and a Scientific Principles test. To verify the effectiveness of the teaching program, a group of 66 students from the second grade preparatory class was selected and divided into an experimental group that studied the program of Activities Based on STEM project Approach, and another control group. Research tools were applied before and after studying the program. The results of the research showed that there is a statistical significant difference between the mean scores of students of the experimental group and the control group in the post application of the research tools in favor of the experimental group, as well as the presence of a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the students of the experimental group in the pre and post applications of the research tools in favor of the post application. This indicates the effectiveness of the program of activities based on STEM project approach in developing an entrepreneurship skill, vocational Interests toward STEM Fields and scientific principles among The Preparatory Stage Students.

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