@misc{10481/64930,
year = {2020},
month = {8},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/64930},
abstract = {The objective of this research was two-fold. First, to determine the impact of a Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education program on school performance
amongst primary education students. Second, to identify the potential benefits of this program on
the key competences of university students in Primary Education Teacher Training. The primary
education students’ sub-sample, after being matched on key covariates, was randomly assigned either
to the experimental (N = 25) or control group (N = 25). The university students’ sub-sample consisted
of 26 students self-selected from the Primary Education Teacher Training degree. The intervention
consisted of 20 two-hour weekly sessions of highly structured after-school tutoring delivered by
previously trained university students. Although statistical significance was not reached for the
hypotheses tested, notably, the results showed between small and moderate e ect sizes (i.e., magnitude
and direction of the program impact) for primary education students on core STEM subjects (e.g.,
mathematics d = 0.29, natural science d = 0.26), and for university students on some key employability
competencies (e.g., action orientation d = 0.27 or team orientation d = 0.54).},
organization = {Rutgers University},
organization = {University of Granada},
organization = {Junta de Andalucía

SEJ-535
HUM-613},
publisher = {Mdpi},
keywords = {Science},
keywords = {Technology},
keywords = {Engineering and mathematics (STEM) education},
keywords = {Tutoring},
keywords = {School performance},
keywords = {Social sustainability},
keywords = {Service learning},
keywords = {Initial teacher training},
title = {Making STEM Education Objectives Sustainable through a Tutoring Program},
doi = {10.3390/su12166653},
author = {Fernández Martín, Francisco Domingo and Arco Tirado, José Luis and Carrillo Rosúa, Francisco Javier and Hervás Torres, Mirian and Ruiz Hidalgo, Juan Francisco and Romero López, María del Carmen},
}