The Effects of Integrated STEM Program on Affective Domain for Science, Technology and Engineering of Middle School Students

The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of STEM education on affective characteristics for Science, Technology and Engineering of middle school students. The specific objectives of the study are as follows: 1) To develop STEM program in Technology education for middle school students. 2) To analyze the effect of STEM education on affective characteristics for science, technology and engineering. The results of this study were as follows: First, STEM program focusing on Technology education of middle school consists of worksheets, portfolios for students and a lesson plan for teacher, including evaluation questionnaire of affective domain. Second, Students performed Making a fan using solar cell module with a creative design. The students affective characteristics for science, technology and engineering had changed positively in the result of quantitative test. 70% of the students provided positive answers for their interest and understanding about the program after applied to STEM education program. Third, the result of students answering in the qualitative test is that STEM education program was instructive and interesting. The follow up experimental research should proceed to verify the educational efficiency in the area.