Strengthening scientific skills in primary school students through the STEM approach

Diego Fernando Becerra Rodriguez; Kilian Ferney VIRGUEZ LAMPREA; Adriana Yaneth ACEVEDO ANDRADE

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Strengthening scientific skills in primary school students through the STEM approach

Diego Fernando Becerra Rodriguez (Correspondent Author)
, Kilian Ferney VIRGUEZ LAMPREA (First Author)
, Adriana Yaneth ACEVEDO ANDRADE (Second Author)

Universidad de la Sabana

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This article shows the results of a Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) strategy
articulated with the STEM approach. It was developed with primary school students from an educational institution in Chía-Colombia, carried out in four phases: observation, application, characterization, and evaluation, from a qualitative approach. The results show that 22% of the students were at a "no category" level in STEM skills. The processes of observation, questioning, and hypothesizing were also strengthened. Additionally, an institutional characterization of the STEM approach was performed, demonstrating that the institution scored 2.3 on a scale of 1 to 5 in this on this approach.

Translated title of the contribution	Fortalecimiento de las habilidades científicas en estudiantes de primaria mediante el enfoque STEM.
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	3203
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3203/1/012006
State	Published - 15 May 2026

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Strengthening scientific skills in primary school students through the STEM approach. / Becerra Rodriguez, Diego Fernando (Correspondent Author); VIRGUEZ LAMPREA, Kilian Ferney (First Author); ACEVEDO ANDRADE, Adriana Yaneth (Second Author).
In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 3203, No. 1, 15.05.2026, p. 1-12.

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