The Impact of a Sustainable Progressive STEAM Program on Primary School Students’ Critical Thinking Dispositions and Mathematics Achievements

Hasan Küçük, Canan Perkan Zeki, Gökhan İskifoğlu () and Hamit Caner
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Hasan Küçük: Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University, 99450 Famagusta, Türkiye
Canan Perkan Zeki: Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University, 99450 Famagusta, Türkiye
Gökhan İskifoğlu: Department of Classroom Teaching, Faculty of Education, European University of Lefke, 99728 Lefke, Türkiye
Hamit Caner: Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University, 99450 Famagusta, Türkiye

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-23

Abstract: This study, which was supported by a quantitative research paradigm with two experiments and two control groups of 4 × 4 quasi-experimental design, aimed to find out the impact of a sustainable progressive STEAM (SP-STEAM model) application model on 5th-grade primary school students’ critical thinking dispositions and mathematics achievements in North Cyprus. The treatment model was applied to two independent experimental groups for 14 weeks. The split-plot multiple group analysis of variance (split-plot ANOVA) statistical techniques was used to calculate between- and within-group significances regarding exogenous variables. The SPSS-24 software package was used for the analysis. The Pre-test and post-test results deriving from the experiment and control groups revealed a significant effect of the SP-STEAM model upon the 5th-grade primary school students’ critical thinking dispositions, as measured using the CCTDI, mathematic achievements, as well as measured using a dedicated exam. The results were discussed in detail in light of the related literature, with suggestions for further studies proposed.

Keywords: sustainable progressive STEAM model; critical thinking disposition; thinking culture; academic achievement; effective sustainable primary school education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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