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2016 » Papers » Volume 3 » STEM Activities to Explore High School Students' Perception of Solar Energy 1. STEM ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF SOLAR ENERGY Authors: Korganci Nuri, Antohe Stefan, Miron Cristina, Dafinei Adrian Volume 3 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-16-208 | Pages: 209-214 | Download PDF | Abstract
The pollution caused by burning fossil fuels made people search for using alternative energy sources. Beside the development of research on the use of renewable energy sources, the education on renewable energy sources and environmental protection is also important among the new generation. The reason why the effective methods should be chosen for the new generations' gaining the root knowledge of the trendy solar energy is making them consciously choose and study on this fields. Owing to getting involved students in solving authentic problems, working collaboratively, and building real solutions indicates that projects attain the interests of learners based on the recent research about integrated STEM education through project-based learning. It is shown that the learners' approach becomes more positive having been stimulated to boost their knowledge. The target of this study is to analyze aftereffect of STEM project-based learning method on learners understanding of the solar energy concepts. For this study, 33 students in control group and 32 students in experimental group were selected from the high school. Beside 5 open-ended questions, pre-test and post-test were used to gather the data in the present study. Both the pre-test and the post-test were made of 20 multiple choice items. It is derived from the study that the experimental group participated in STEM showed higher cognitive gain compared to control group. The project-based learning group were more aware and decisive about saving energy, developing and using renewable energy resources according to qualitative outcomes. The data showed that students couldn't make enough progress on working principle of solar cells. | Keywords
STEM; Project-based learning; Solar cell; Renewable energy |
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