Examining the effect of using scenario based teaching method based on STEM activities on students' achievement, career choice and their motivation

This study aimed to determine the effect of using Scenario Based Teaching Methods (SBTM) based on STEM activities in fifth grade science classes on students' achievement,their interest on career choice dependent STEM disciplines and their motivation about learning science. By this purpose experimantal comparision method had been chosen and an academic achievement test prepared by researcher, an interest test towards choosing science, technology, math and engineering jobs prepared by Kier, Blanchard, Osborne ve Albert (2013) and adopted by Koyunlu Ünlü, Dökme ve Ünlü to Turkish and lastly a motivation test towards science learning. The research was conducted with totally 50 fifth grade students as experiment and control group who was continuing to education in S.O. Sait Korkmaz Secondary School. The study was completed by using Scenario Based Teaching Method based on STEM activities in experiment group and constructivistic education supported by videos in control group. As a result of the research there is a significant difference found between the academic achievement post-test results of the students in experimental group instructed with STEM based SBTM in control group instructed through constructivistic method. But there is no significant difference found between career interest and motivation post-test results of the students in experimental group instructed with STEM based SBTM in experiment group and constructivistic education supported by videos in control group. Keywords: STEM, science teaching, scenario based teaching