Aprendizaje de integrales definidas utilizando el software libre como recurso didáctico en estudiantes de primer semestre, Facultad de Mecánica de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, octubre 2021 - marzo 2022.

Abstract

The objective was to learn defined integrals using free software as a didactic resource, with students of the first semester of the Faculty of Mechanics at Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, in the period September 2021 - March 2022. The research approach was quantitative, with an explanatory scope and a quasi-experimental design. A sample of 232 students was calculated and divided into two study groups: an experimental and a control group. In the first diagnostic stage, a survey was applied to the students in which they stated that the academic performance of the definite integral would improve with the use of technological tools. Students were also tested with an objective diagnostic test in which the homogeneity of the groups was verified through the F test for variances between two samples. Subsequently, by means of GeoGebra software, learning activities on definite integrals were designed and applied in the classes of the experimental group in stage 3, whereas the control group learned with the traditional methodology. For the validation of the experiment, an objective summative test was carried out, obtaining an average of 6,25 for the control group and 7,54 for the experimental group. The results were analyzed by use of the Z test, obtaining a Zc of 4,704. Thus, the null hypothesis was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. It is concluded that the use of free software as a didactic resource affects the learning level of definite integrals in first semester students of the Faculty of Mechanics.