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  1. A Structural Model of Physical Higher-Order Thinking Ability
    By  Hongjun Chen, Haibo Yu, Lei Cao, Jinyou Fei, Meiyu Ding
  2. Case Study on the Development and Implementation of STEM Projects: “DIY Traffic Lights”
    By  Zhenqiang Wang, Jie Wang, Mingna Jia

A Structural Model of Physical Higher-Order Thinking Ability

By  Hongjun Chen, Haibo Yu, Lei Cao, Jinyou Fei, Meiyu Ding
Received: 2022-8-18 / Accepted: 2022-12-22 / Published: 2022-12-27
PDF Main Manuscript (727.35 KB)  DOI: https://doi.org/10.37906/real.2022.3
Abstract This paper makes a qualitative analysis of the existing research and creates the hypothesis of high-order thinking ability structure model of senior high school students. 400 high school students were selected to answer the questionnaire on this basis, and exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted on the survey results to test whether the model is reasonable. The results show that the structure of physical higher-order thinking ability in high school students includes four dimensions: "physical problem-solving ability, physical experimental exploration ability, physical critical thinking ability, and physical transfer of innovative ability", and these four dimensions are an interrelated organic whole. [More...]

Case Study on the Development and Implementation of STEM Projects: “DIY Traffic Lights”

By  Zhenqiang Wang, Jie Wang, Mingna Jia
Received: 2022-10-14 / Accepted: 2022-11-29 / Published: 2022-12-27
PDF Main Manuscript (684.73 KB)  DOI: https://doi.org/10.37906/real.2022.4
Abstract A popular education mode in today’s era of knowledge economy is STEM education, whose fundamental goal is to cultivate innovative scientific and technological talents, as well as talents with interdisciplinary knowledge literacy and the ability to solve real problems. This article combs the connotation, educational value and application mode of STEM, and discusses students' learning process in the STEM project of ‘my traffic lights’ . [More...]