A Literature Analysis of Student Strategy Types in STEM Block Construction Activities
Keywords:
STEM教育, STEMeducation; block; strategies; engineeringdesignthinking; problem-solvingstrategies, 積木, 工程設計思維, 問題解決策略Abstract
Building block activities are widely used in STEM education to cultivate students' engineering design thinking and problem-solving abilities. Through hands-on construction processes, students explore structural stability, design concepts, and creative solutions. However, few studies have investigated the specific strategies elementary school students employ during building block construction. This study conducted a literature review to classify and summarize these strategies into seven categories: exploratory strategies, planning strategies, imitative and adaptive strategies, decomposition and integration strategies, reflective and iterative strategies, collaborative and division of labor strategies, and creative strategies. The results provide a theoretical framework for future instructional design, learning process documentation, and assessment development in STEM education.
