Queiruga-Dios Miguel Ángel, Vázquez Dorrío José Benito, Sáiz-Manzanares María Consuelo, López-Iñesta Emilia, Diez-Ojeda María
Department of Specific Didactics, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
Department of Applied Physics/IFCAE, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2025 Feb 24;16:1503397. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1503397. eCollection 2025.
This proposal adds original approaches to the currently scarce body of practical evidence on the application of STEM innovations in the curriculum. A teaching-learning program was designed in a real-world context such as the game of soccer with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) approach through a cooperative problem-solving methodology. The objectives of the research focus on analyzing the effect of the use of this STEM unit on the academic performance of students, taking into account the gender variable; and their appreciation of the activities and methodology used, as well as the challenges encountered and their solutions. The intervention was implemented in the 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education in a school in Spain with 36 students (24 girls and 12 boys). Academic performance was analyzed taking into account the gender variable, for which a quasi-experimental design was applied before and after with a control group. The appreciation and interest of the experimental group regarding the methodology used as well as the difficulties that arose were studied. As a result, there is an improvement in the academic performance, which is more evident in girls. The methodology has been valued positively and the greatest difficulties refer to the distribution of roles and understanding and carrying out the activities, however, these difficulties were resolved with the help of classmates and the teacher.
本提案为目前稀缺的关于在课程中应用STEM创新的实践证据增添了原创方法。通过合作解决问题的方法，在足球比赛等现实世界背景下设计了一个采用STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）方法的教学学习项目。研究目标集中在分析使用这个STEM单元对学生学业成绩的影响，并考虑性别变量；以及他们对所使用的活动和方法的评价，还有遇到的挑战及其解决方案。干预措施在西班牙一所学校的义务中等教育四年级实施，共有36名学生（24名女生和12名男生）。考虑到性别变量对学业成绩进行了分析，为此采用了前后对照的准实验设计。研究了实验组对所使用方法的评价和兴趣以及出现的困难。结果，学业成绩有所提高，在女生中更为明显。该方法得到了积极评价，最大的困难在于角色分配以及理解和开展活动，不过，在同学和老师的帮助下这些困难得到了解决。
