Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science Education and Art Appreciation (SEAA 2022)

Insight into STEM Education

Authors
Hongyu Luo1, *
1Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1H8, Canada
*Corresponding author. Email: vantehy.luo@mail.utoronto.ca
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Hongyu Luo
Available Online 19 November 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_38How to use a DOI?
Keywords
STEM Education; Problem-solving; Insight; Spatial-visual ability; Searching inference framework
Abstract

This article explains the importance of problem-solving skills in STEM education and why insight is an efficient problem solution searching technology. This paper uses the searching inference model to propose insight as a mechanism in heuristic thinking used to help cognitive agents restructure problem formulation and find problem solutions quickly and efficiently. Lastly, through reviewing previous empirical researches, this paper provides the most reasonable assumption about students can use visual-spatial training and mindfulness meditation to help students develop heuristics to solve STEM problems. The visual-spatial training can include the 3D STEM education game and 3D virtual geometry game. Besides, the mindfulness mediation can be training and used to develop mind-flow states, and it also can increases the insight experiences. This paper suggests that future research should increase the sample size and use tools such as fMRI to demonstrate the mechanisms behind heuristic thinking training. As STEM education is relevant to the country’s engineering, science, and economics, integrating training of students in problem-solving skills into the education system and developing students’ reasoning, decision-making, and problem-solving skills by enhancing the insight experience is worth investigating for the development of STEM education in different countries.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science Education and Art Appreciation (SEAA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
19 November 2022
ISBN
978-2-494069-05-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_38How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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