Abstract Developing critical thinking is considered an important goal in STEM education,and the current study is controversial about the effect of STEM education on critical thinking. The article conducted a systematic analysis of 31 experimental or quasi experimental studies at home and abroad using meta analytic methods based on an evidence-based perspective. The study found that STEM education had a moderately positive significant effect on critical thinking. Sections, disciplines, sample sizes, regional, experimental cycles, testing tools, and intervention types all had moderating effects when STEM education affected critical thinking, and the regional differences were not significant for the effects of students’ critical thinking under STEM education. Combined with the results of the study, some suggestions were made for the cultivation and research of critical thinking in STEM education.
HU Xin-Yang, BI Hua-Lin. Effect of STEM Education on Cultivation of Students’ Critical Thinking: Meta-Analysis Based on 31 Empirical Studies at Home and Abroad[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 46(1): 57-65.
