Introducing Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies in a Teacher Training STEM Course

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Reviewer’s suggestions and comments on the manuscript entitled:

Introducing Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies in a Teacher Training STEM Course

Manuscript ID: education-2615326

There is no doubt that applied computer technology will be of great interest to the quality improvement of STEM education. This study emphasizes the significance of technology-centric education for future educators, underlining the priority for well-organized teacher training programs that align technological potential with practical classroom applications.

This manuscript has citation potency. Therefore I recommend that the Editorial Office accept this manuscript after minor revision.

Reviewer’s suggestions:

-          Subsection 1.1, last paragraph: “One of the most significant advantages of STEM education is that it promotes the development of key competencies that are essential for success in the 21st century. These competencies include critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration” These competencies were valid in the past, and present and will be useful for the future of STEM. Emphasizing that these are key competencies essential for success in the 21st century is irrelevant. Above mentioned competencies were and will be always important. Authors have to include competencies more related to computer science and technology.

-          Subsection 2.1 “This study was carried out with 10 students (6 female and 4 male) from the Educational Sciences Faculty of XXXXXXXXXX (XXXXXX) that voluntarily participated in the course (see section 3.3.)”. First, lots of X, why, this is some error I suppose. Second, can we say that a group of 10 participants is relevant?

-          Subsection 2.1 “Finally, P10 was not able to participate in the interviews, and therefore the number of participants is one lower.”

-          Subsection 2.2 Authors have to use decimal dots, not decimal commas.

-          Subsection 2.3 Again, lots of X.

 

-          Table 3. Authors have to use decimal dots, not decimal commas. This stands for the rest of the manuscript.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The title is concise, the abstract makes a good summary of the paper, the introduction is clear, the method is well described both the qualitative and quantitative part, the results are easy to follow and the discussion coherent with the data.

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Reviewer 3 Report

Table 3 (page 6).  I would suggest using two lines for each item - the first line for the before results, and the second line for the after results.  The results would be easier to compare and the table would take up less space horizontally.

 

 

Use periods instead of commas to indicate decimal points.  Write 0.751 instead of 0,751.

"Disponibility" (page 6, 2nd line) is rarely used in English.  Use another word or provide a definition.

 

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