Abstract:

STEM education is an educational approach aimed at all levels of education, starting before school and trying to apply in a variety of methods. But in this field in Turkey the studies in the context of science education mostly cover the studies aimed at determining the interests, attitudes and achievements of students and teachers candidates in the fields of STEM, it seems that the studies aimed at the skills expected to be developed by students in the STEM education remain insufficient. The aim of this study is to study the relationship between high school students' problem-solving and questioning learning skills allegedly related to STEM and the attitude and perception of students in this field. The study was attended by 646 students who studied in high school classes 5, 6 and 7. In the research conducted by the screening research method, the data was collected with the "STEM Perception Test", "STEM Attitude Scale", "Problem Resolution Skills Perception Scale" and "Inquiring Learning Skills Perception Scale" and analyzed with appropriate statistical methods. The research results show that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between the perception of the students’ problem-solving skills and STEM attitudes, and that there is no relationship between the students’ problem-solving skills and STEM perceptions. Also, while there is no meaningful relationship between the perception of student questioning learning skills and STEM perceptions, it has been found that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between the perception of questioning learning skills and STEM attitudes. Based on the results of this research, recommendations for teaching programs and school practices were included.

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