TY - JOUR TI - The effect of STEM activities on creative thinking of preschool students AB - The aim of this study is to develop STEM activities based on engineering design for pre- school education 5-6 age group students and to determine the effect of these STEM activities on students' creative thinking. In the research, the method is adopted semi-experimental pattern. The study group of the research consists of 60 students in the 5-6 age group, the experimental group and the control group. In the study, 6 STEM activities were developed, and each activity was applied in a total of 8 weeks. In the research, Torrance Creative Thinking Test Figural Forms A and B and field notes were used as data collection tools. According to the findings, the creativity levels of children of 5-6 years of preschool age in STEM activities; It was determined that it significantly increased the originality, fluency, enrichment, abstraction of the heads and resistance to early closure. AU - ÇINAR, SINAN AU - GÜLDEMİR, SİNEM DO - 10.24130/eccd-jecs.1967202152295 PY - 2021 JO - Erken Çocukluk Çalışmaları Dergisi VL - 5 IS - 2 SN - 2564-7601 SP - 359 EP - 383 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/1127175 ER -