Green STEM to improve mathematics proficiency: ESA Mission Space Lab
The main goal of this study was to improve students’ outcomes and perception in Mathe matics. For this, 12 out of 34 voluntary students were involved in an international contest: European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Space Lab. The experience was organized as STEM, under a guided PjBL. Students identi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |
| Repositorio: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/30527 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10578/30527 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mathematics PjBL Direct guidance Contest ESA Environmental problems Computational thinking Software development Remote sensing |
| Sumario: | The main goal of this study was to improve students’ outcomes and perception in Mathe matics. For this, 12 out of 34 voluntary students were involved in an international contest: European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Space Lab. The experience was organized as STEM, under a guided PjBL. Students identified an environmental problem, executed a way to monitor it from the International Space Station (ISS) and interpreted the data received. Students’ final report was awarded by ESA. Additionally, participants increased their performance in their math final exams compared to the control group. Furthermore, the perception of students and their families about the usefulness of mathematics was very positive. The only drawback detected was the increase of workload. Thus, Green STEM, using direct instruction and guide in PjBL, may be a good tool to improve students’ grades and opinion about the importance of mathematics. |
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