Scientific practices in the context of STEM education: The case of DI-STEM project

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Published: Sep 16, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.6844
Keywords:
Scientific practices STEM education
Konstantina Stefanidou
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Vasilis Mihalopoulos
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Ilias Boikos
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Achilleas Mandrikas
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Anthimos Chalkidis
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Maria Hatzaki
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Konstantinos Skordoulis
Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Abstract

This paper investigates the familiarization of primary school students with some scientific practices after the implementation of a STEM education program. The STEM education program focuses on collecting, analyzing, comparing data from different sources – meteorological stations and gives students the opportunity to “practice” some of the scientific practices. First findings reveal that the implementation of STEM education program may help students recognize and use specific scientific practices such as developing and using models, analyzing and interpreting data, and using mathematics.

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