“…Educational literature contains several examples of tutoring experiences elementary, high school and university science education (Báez-Galib et al, 2005;Colomer et al, 2013;Navarra-Madsen & Ingram, 2010;Johnson, 2014;Liu et al, 2014), showing a positive impact of tutoring in the immediate academic outcomes of participant students (Cooper, 2010;Hendriksen, Yang, Love, & Hall, 2005;Maxwell, 1990;Topping, 1996). These positive effects are supported by Vygotsky's cultural and cognitive theory of development, which proposes that the students' independent problem-solving capabilities can be enhanced with guidance or collaborative assistance provided by a teacher that has mastered the particular skills that are to be developed and that is specifically devoted to teaching (Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context, 2003).…”