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http://dx.doi.org/10.15523/JKSESE.2015.8.2.183

Impact of Science Club Activities Associated with STEAM Activities on Students' Self-Efficacy and Attitudes toward Science  

Jung, Ji-ye (Korea National University of Education)
Wee, Soo-meen (Korea National University of Education)
Lim, Sung-man (Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education / v.8, no.2, 2015 , pp. 183-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify STEAM education program fit for club activities in consideration of the present curriculum and investigate its effect on science club students' self-efficacy and attitude toward science by applying it to science club students. In consideration of such chapters as 'Solar System' and 'Exosphere and Space Development' in the 2009 Revised Curriculum, this study developed a STEAM education program related to the observation of the solar system and the measurement of a distance of the stars in consideration of the present curriculum. For this study we selected 14 science club students in H Middle School, located in G Province and applied a 7 weeks' program to them. To find out change in their self-efficacy and attitude toward science, this study conducted tests of self-efficacy and attitude toward science for a single group before and after introducing this program and analyzed the results. The results of this study could be summarized as below. Firstly, science club activities with this STEAM education program applied improved students' self-efficacy significantly. Secondly, there was a significant difference found in students' attitude toward science through science club activities with this STEAM education program applied as they showed higher scores in the attitude toward science in the posttest than the pretest. Lastly, despite a research limit that this science inquiry program was conducted for a short period of time, this program was found to have positive effect on the improvement of students' self-efficacy and attitude toward science.
Keywords
STEAM; club activity; attitude toward science; self-efficacy;
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