Perception of Students Regarding STEM Education Facility

In this study, the relationship between STEM educational facilities and students' academic performance is analyzed. The results show that there is a positive correlation between the two at a significant level of 0.01 based on a two-tailed test. Regression analysis indicates that P-value is less than 0.05, allowing the research hypothesis to be accepted in a significant manner. The study suggests that STEM educational facilities can increase learning and teaching opportunities, enhance students' ability and potentiality, and improve their perception of academic discipline.

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A RESEARCH PROPOSAL TO INVESTIGATE AN
EDUCATIONAL ISSUE

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
1. Research question......................................................................................................................2
2. Research methodology...............................................................................................................2
3. Result of research......................................................................................................................4
Descriptive statistics....................................................................................................................4
Inferential statistics....................................................................................................................10
4. Discussion................................................................................................................................15
Compare with research question....................................................................................................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
Reference list.................................................................................................................................17
Appendix........................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
Educational issue is considered as most crucial prospect that directly contributed to economy.
Academic professional mainly focuses to improve institutional discipline in increasing teaching
as well as learning facility. Based on that, researcher is aimed to discuss the academic
assessment by implementing STEM education for understanding student's perception. STEM
education system leads to enhance the learning activity that is positively reflected to their
student’s performance level.
1. Research question
 What is the perception of senior students in implementing STEM education?
2. Research methodology
Research methodology is considered as scientific approach and procedure in interpreting the
gathered information or data sets in empirical and statistical manner (McCusker & Gunaydin,
2015). In this context, there has chosen deductive research approach that helps to align with
implemented question. Moreover, there has also adopted primary quantitative data analysis
technique which is significantly based on survey research strategy. By implementing this
approach, it helps to provide an opportunity to interact with their respondent by which they can
conveniently understand their perception regarding STEM education.
Participants
In order to interpret the collected informational knowledge, researcher has chosen 154 students
of academic institution by initiating random sampling technique. In the opinion of Mackey&
Gass (2015), this type if sampling technique leads to maintain reliability, normality, validity in

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effective manner. Moreover, it helps to develop data collection feasibility and procedures of
research.
Instrument
Additionally, researcher is also developed a questionnaire based on Likert scale in which data
sets are ranked upto 5. 1 is indicating strongly agree, 2 is narrating agree, 3 as neutral, lastly 4
and 5 is affiliating disagree and strongly disagree. In order to analyse data sets, there has
implemented SPSS version of 20.
Procedures
Research philosophy
In this context, researcher has implemented positivism research philosophy as it helps to
maintain a positive association among all the variables. Al-Gahtani (2016) has suggested that the
technique assists to obtain a logical, meaningful outcome. It is quite helpful for understanding
the effectiveness of STEM educational technique.
Research design
There has chosen deductive research design for understanding the perception of young student
regarding STEM education. In the opinion of Cherng & Davis (2017), this type of research
method is helped to align with question by exploring implemented hypothesis in empirical
manner.
Ethical consideration
While conducting the research study, researcher is bound to follow ethical principles for
maintaining feasibility of study. Besides that, researcher has also ensured that all the personal
information through survey strategy, is effectively kept in a supreme secrecy. On the other hand,

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respondents are free to leave the research phenomenon at any point of time. Moreover, all the
collected informational knowledge is use for only academic purpose.
3. Result of research
Descriptive statistics
Gender:
The above table is showing descriptive analysis of gender for analysing the perception of STEM
education. As per this table, it is narrated that value of mean, median and mode is respectively
1.35, 1.00 and 1 for demographic profile of respondent. On other hand, value of Skewness and
kurtosis is found to be 0.632 and -1.622. Strudwick & Taylor (2017) has suggested that, positive
Skewness refer that demographic curve is stretched in rightward direction. On contrary, negative
Skewness leads to maintain a leftward direction demographic curve.

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Age:

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The above table present the descriptive analysis of age group of this demographic profile. Mean,
median and mode for age group is worth about 2.12, 2.00 and 1. In addition, kurtosis and
Skewness is found to be approximately -1.115 and .489. Similarly, it is also affiliated with
positive Skewness that indicates a rightward direction demographic curve. Furthermore, Al-
Gahtani (2016) has stated that positive kurtosis refers that the curve is relatively high peaked in
comparison to normal curve. In other words, negative kurtosis leads to uphold significantly less
peaked demographic curve rather than normal curve.

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Income:
Demographic curve for income group is considered to be leftward stretched as well as relatively
less peaked curve that is found from value of kurtosis (-.952) and skewness (-.279). In regards to
that, standard deviation is worth about 0.989 that indicates data points are mostly close to its
mean value. In the opinion of Mackey & Gass (2015), low standard deviation refers that all the
implemented data points are being spread out from its mean value and wider range of the value.

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Education:

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The above table is showcased the descriptive analysis of qualification whereas standard deviation
is narrated to be 1.070 which is quite high. Hence, data points are very close to mean value. In
addition, value for Kurtosis and Skewness is affiliated to be -1.181 and 0.234 that indicates that
demographic curve is relatively less peaked and rightward stretched.

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Inferential statistics
Regression analysis

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The above table is showing the regression analysis of simple,emendation of STEM education.
Model summary of this regression analysis has been implemented in between dependent and
independent variable. In order to make is convenient, researcher has chosen creativity of STEM
education and its collaborative nature as dependent variable. Moreover, the relation has shown
by Durbin-Watson that is found to be 0.271. In addition, value for R-squared and Adjusted R-
square is approximately 0.971 and 0.969.
However, by the ANOVA test, it is quite helpful to understand association in between
independent and dependent variable. In regards to that, sigma value is found to be 0.000001
which is lower than 0.05. In accordance to McCusker & Gunaydin (2015), in order to make a
model reliable, accurate and feasible, sigma value must be less than 0.05.
Correlation analysis

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Correlations
Int
ere
st
Cre
ativi
ty
Negative_
procedure
Networ
k_activit
y
Knowledg
e_sharing
Disc
iplin
e
Learnin
g_facilit
y
Professional
_developmen
t
Res
ourc
es
Comminity_
partnership
Interest
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
1
.95
7**
.932** .967** .959**
.98
5**
.953** .966**
.96
5**
.987**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
Creativity
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.95
7**
1 .897** .971** .918**
.96
6**
.952** .955**
.96
7**
.949**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154

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Negative_pro
cedure
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.93
2**
.89
7**
1 .894** .942**
.93
0**
.892** .906**
.91
4**
.927**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
Network_acti
vity
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.96
7**
.97
1**
.894** 1 .938**
.96
3**
.959** .983**
.95
7**
.961**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
Knowledge_s
haring
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.95
9**
.91
8**
.942** .938** 1 .94
9**
.890** .949** .93
3**
.960**

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Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
Discipline
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.98
5**
.96
6**
.930** .963** .949** 1 .960** .960**
.97
6**
.984**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
Learning_faci
lity
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.95
3**
.95
2**
.892** .959** .890**
.96
0**
1 .959**
.96
3**
.955**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154

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Professional_
development
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.96
6**
.95
5**
.906** .983** .949**
.96
0**
.959** 1
.97
3**
.975**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
Resources
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.96
5**
.96
7**
.914** .957** .933**
.97
6**
.963** .973** 1 .975**
Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
Comminity_p
artnership
Pear
son
Corr
elati
on
.98
7**
.94
9**
.927** .961** .960** .98
4**
.955** .975** .97
5**
1

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Sig.
(2-
taile
d)
.00
0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
N
15
4
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
The above table is associated to correlation test of dependent and independent variables. The
implemented variables such as knowledge sharing activity, maintaining of discipline, exploring
network activity of STEM education is significant at level of 0.918, 0.966 and 0.971 with
increasing student's creativity. McCusker & Gunaydin (2015) has stated that if the value is more
close to 1, then the model is employed to be accurate and reliable. Furthermore, the correlation is
accuracy significant at 0.01 level based on two tailed test.
4. Discussion
Summarize of the result succinctly
By analysing this overall discussion, it is narrated that STEM educational facility is positively
related to student’s academic performance level. According to regression analysis, P value is
considered to be 0.000001 which is less than 0.05. Therefore, research hypothesis can be
accepted in significant manner. In other words, the demographic curve leads to have less peaked
curve whereas all the data points are close to 1. Hence, from this perspective, it is summarised
that STEM educational technique assists to increase learning and teaching opportunity,
educational network, implementation of sharing knowledge in enhancing student’s ability and

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their potentiality. There is a core association in between dependent and independent variable for
improving their student’s perception. Based on that, academic discipline can also be improved in
chronological manner.
Compare with research question
In comparison with research question, all implemented and gathered data sets are strongly helps
to measure the importance, perception as well as effectiveness of STEM education system.
Majority of respondent is stated that STEM educational facility is positively related to their
creativity by exploring learning facility and opportunity.
Conclusion
The main motive of this research study is to analyse perception of students regarding STEM
education facility. Therefore, the quantitative analysis has been considered through survey study.
In order to get sufficient and reliable quantifiable data for the research investigating of selected
topic, survey questionnaires have been prepared to evaluate and analyse the perception of senior
students in respect to implementation of STEM education. SPSS analytical tool has been
employed to present the descriptive and inferential statistics of the results collected from the
selected population. The study examine as well as compared the perceptions of senior students
regarding learning environment participating in STEM education. The study recognized
characteristics in respect to outreach activities explaining the variance in senior student
perceptions.

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Reference list
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Appendix
Appendix 1: Questionnaire
Section 1
1. Please specify your gender:
· Male (100)
· Female (54)
2. Please specify your age group:
· 18-30 years (60)
· 31-45 years (40)
· 46-60 years (30)
· 61 years and above (24)
3. Please select the option that appropriately states your current average monthly income:
· 3500 Ringgit - 7000 Ringgit (20)
· 7001 Ringgit - 13,000 Ringgit (40)
· 13,001 Ringgit - 25,000 Ringgit (54)
· 25,001 Ringgit - 50,000 Ringgit (40)
4. Select your highest qualification level
· Higher-Secondary level (40)
· Graduate (50)
· Masters (34)
· Others (30)

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Section 2
Statement Strongly
agree
agree Neutral disagree Strongly
disagree
1. STEM education system helps to
increase student’s interest by
promoting school curriculum
44 40 20 20 30
2. STEP education leads to enhance
student's creativity, collaboration in
different activity
64 30 10 30 20
3. Innovation educational procedure is
negatively reflected to academic
session
30 30 20 40 34
4. STEM education facility tends to
increase networking activity
40 54 10 30 20
5. Knowledge sharing facility can be
improved
34 50 25 20 25