Bapoğlu Dümenci, S.SedaMuş, Ümmü EymenDemir, Emin2025-03-172025-03-1720211308-7177https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.816297https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1108572https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13099/1199The development of the problem-solving skills comes into prominence in case the condition of being faced with more difficult and more complicated problems is reflected in education. A mixed method was used in the method of the study with a view to the analysis of the case problems in children’s stories by the STEM education and examining its effect on the problem-solving skills. The quantitative data, which benefited both from the qualitative and quantitative methods, was derived as the pre-test and the final test data from the problem-solving skills scale (PSSS), developed by Oğuz and Köksal Akyol (2015). In the collection of the qualitative data, the material and teacher evaluation forms -developed by researchers- were used. According to the findings of the results of this study, the use of the STEM activities in the analysis of the case problems of stories, enhanced the problem-solving skills of children (p <.001).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessProblem-solving skillsSTEM educationChildren’s storiesArticle10.14686/buefad.8162971023783891108572