ATS-STEM: Global Teaching Methodology to Improve Competences of Secondary Education Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. STEM Learning in Secondary School
1.2. Project-Based Learning and STEM Learning
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Participants
2.2. Instrument
2.3. ATS-STEM Interdisciplinary Teaching Projects
- Problem Solving Design and Approaches;
- Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Knowledge;
- Engineering Design and Practices;
- Appropriate Use and Application of Technology;
- Real-world Contexts;
- Appropriate Pedagogical Practices.
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Statistical Contrasts
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Very Poor | Not Good | All Right | Good | Excellent | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disciplinary STEM competences | 4.67% | 29.46% | 37.37% | 20.72% | 7.78% |
Problem-solving | 1.32% | 21.32% | 43.35% | 27.07% | 6.95% |
Innovation and creativity | 2.99% | 22.04% | 39.64% | 26.35% | 8.98% |
Communication | 1.80% | 16.53% | 31.86% | 34.61% | 15.21% |
Critical thinking | 2.16% | 22.63% | 39.64% | 26.59% | 8.98% |
Metacognitive skills | 1.68% | 23.35% | 39.16% | 24.07% | 11.74% |
Collaboration | 1.92% | 13.41% | 32.22% | 33.65% | 18.80% |
Self-regulation | 7.54% | 25.03% | 35.33% | 23.23% | 8.86% |
Initial | Final | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Disciplinary STEM competences | 2.97 | 1.00 | 3.25 | 1.02 |
Problem-solving | 3.17 | 0.89 | 3.45 | 0.87 |
Innovation and creativity | 3.15 | 0.96 | 3.40 | 0.97 |
Communication | 3.45 | 1.00 | 3.61 | 1.01 |
Critical thinking | 3.18 | 0.95 | 3.48 | 0.94 |
Metacognitive skills | 3.21 | 0.98 | 3.46 | 0.95 |
Collaboration | 3.54 | 1.01 | 3.62 | 0.96 |
Self-regulation | 3.00 | 1.07 | 3.22 | 1.02 |
Very Poor | Not Good | All Right | Good | Excellent | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disciplinary STEM competences | 4.43% | 17.32% | 38.68% | 28.05% | 11.54% |
Problem-solving | 1.48% | 10.74% | 40.00% | 37.32% | 10.47% |
Innovation and creativity | 2.01% | 16.24% | 34.63% | 34.09% | 13.02% |
Communication | 1.74% | 12.21% | 30.74% | 34.23% | 21.07% |
Critical thinking | 0.94% | 13.56% | 37.72% | 32.62% | 15.17% |
Metacognitive skills | 1.61% | 12.35% | 40.40% | 30.07% | 15.57% |
Collaboration | 1.61% | 10.74% | 30.34% | 38.93% | 18.39% |
Self-regulation | 4.16% | 19.46% | 38.12% | 26.58% | 11.68% |
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Fernández-Morante, C.; Fernández-de-la-Iglesia, J.-d.-C.; Cebreiro, B.; Latorre-Ruiz, E. ATS-STEM: Global Teaching Methodology to Improve Competences of Secondary Education Students. Sustainability 2022, 14, 6986. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14126986
Fernández-Morante C, Fernández-de-la-Iglesia J-d-C, Cebreiro B, Latorre-Ruiz E. ATS-STEM: Global Teaching Methodology to Improve Competences of Secondary Education Students. Sustainability. 2022; 14(12):6986. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14126986
Chicago/Turabian StyleFernández-Morante, Carmen, Josefa-del-Carmen Fernández-de-la-Iglesia, Beatriz Cebreiro, and Enrique Latorre-Ruiz. 2022. "ATS-STEM: Global Teaching Methodology to Improve Competences of Secondary Education Students" Sustainability 14, no. 12: 6986. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14126986