Factors Influencing Student Satisfaction toward STEM Education: Exploratory Study Using Structural Equation Modeling

Abstract

Learning satisfaction has a relationship with student outcomes. Furthermore, this has prompted many governments to increasingly implement STEM education-based learning. Many studies have examined the improvement of STEM education by teachers. However, the studies have not analyzed STEM education’s effect on students’ learning satisfaction. Extending the planned behavior theory, this study aimed to predict high school students’ learning satisfaction with STEM education. The questionnaire developed from the TPB model was filled out by 174 high school students in Indonesia. Furthermore, AMOS and SPSS 23 software were used for structural equation model analysis. The results showed that seven of twelve hypotheses were supported. Subjective norm and playfulness factors of STEM education positively relate to students’ attitudes toward STEM education. Attitude is the most important factor influencing student satisfaction and acceptance toward STEM education. Therefore, this study provides a theoretical and practical contribution to improving learning satisfaction in technology-based STEM education.