Factors Influencing Student Satisfaction toward STEM Education: Exploratory Study Using Structural Equation Modeling
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Abstract
Learning satisfaction has a relationship with student outcomes. Furthermore, this has prompted many governments to increasingly implement STEM education-based learning. Many studies have examined the improvement of STEM education by teachers. However, the studies have not analyzed STEM education’s effect on students’ learning satisfaction. Extending the planned behavior theory, this study aimed to predict high school students’ learning satisfaction with STEM education. The questionnaire developed from the TPB model was filled out by 174 high school students in Indonesia. Furthermore, AMOS and SPSS 23 software were used for structural equation model analysis. The results showed that seven of twelve hypotheses were supported. Subjective norm and playfulness factors of STEM education positively relate to students’ attitudes toward STEM education. Attitude is the most important factor influencing student satisfaction and acceptance toward STEM education. Therefore, this study provides a theoretical and practical contribution to improving learning satisfaction in technology-based STEM education.
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OpenAlex topics: Technology-Enhanced Education Studies · Educational Methods and Impacts · Educational Technology and E-Learning
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Affiliations
Key Laboratory of Data Science and Smart Education, Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
School of Mathematical Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Mathematics Education Department, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia
Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Jambi, Jambi 36122, Indonesia
Funding
Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China · Project of the 13th Five Year Plan of Educational Science in Hainan Province of China
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