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How to make learning in STEM meaningful for the millennium generation

Proceeding: 3rd International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2019)

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Page : 41-46

Keywords : meaningful learning; Millennium generation; teaching and learning principles; STEM learning;

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Abstract

The education of today more and more encounters the teaching and learning problems of young adults therefore it is topical to find out how to make the teaching/learning of the Millennium generation meaningful. This issue is especially important in STEM education. The survey involved Grade 10-12 students of Latvia, in total 256 students. Spearman's correlations and Kruskal-Wallis test were used in the data analysis. The obtained results showed that students- millennials as regards the learning of STEM subjects can be described as real-life oriented, digitally educated who want to participate actively in the teaching/learning process and who want to receive the feedback.

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