Designing a Blended E-learning Environment in Chemistry Based on the STEM Integration Approach to Develop Creative Thinking Skills among Secondary School Students

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Faculty of Education- Educational Technology - King Abdu Alaziz University - Saudi Arabia.

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The study aimed at designing an integrated electronic learning environment in chemistry based on the STEM integration approach to develop creative thinking skills among secondary school students in Jeddah. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher relied on the quasi-experimental approach to develop an integrated learning environment using one of the educational design models. The study sample consisted of 48 students of the second grade of high school, who were distributed into two equal groups. The experimental group was taught using the blended learning environment according to the STEM integration approach, while the control group was taught using the traditional methods. To measure fluency skills, the instruments of the study were used as two creative thinking skills tests particularly flexibility and originality). The results showed the following: There are statistically significant differences at a significance level (α ≤ 0.05) between the average scores of the experimental and control groups in the post-application of the creative thinking test on the skills of fluency, flexibility, and originality individually, and in the total score of the creative thinking test in favor of the experimental group. There are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) between the average ranks of the experimental group’s scores in the pre- and post-applications of the creative thinking test regarding fluency, flexibility, and originality skills separately, and at the total score of the test in favor of the post-application. In light of the results, it is recommended to use the electronic learning environment. Integrated into teaching chemistry to secondary school students.

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