Influencia de la utilización de la pizarra digital conjuntamente con dos software de apoyo para la elaboración del material didáctico, en el rendimiento de los estudiantes de octavo año en la asignatura de Estudios Sociales de la Escuela de Básica Cinco de Junio, durante el segundo parcial del primer quimestre del año lectivo 2013-2014

Abstract

This research objective is to determine how the whiteboard use influenced in the academic performance of Eighth Grade students in the “Cinco de Junio” Primary School, in Social Studies, in the second period of the first five-month term, in Riobamba city.

The research design was descriptive, because the phenomenon was analyzed before and after in the student population. The hypothesis was formulated in terms of investigating whether the interactive whiteboard influences the performance of students. Besides the whiteboard other tools such as Jclic and blogger were used which helped to the content design, activities and assessment; during the research period object lessons were given in order to monitor the learning progress, at the end of the term a survey was applied to students and finally through a documentary observation form, scores data were obtained from the computer system.

The analyzed results: Lessons and final average of the first term 7.11 / 10 and 7.88 / 10, second part: Lessons 7.72 / 10 and final average 8.36 / 10, presented a positive 4% difference; also 17 out of 23 students 53%, improved their performance. The averages of both terms were compared in order to evaluate the hypothesis and it was verified by applying the statistic test T-student.

It was determined that the use of this technological tool had a positive influence on students’ performance and it is recommended to train teachers to use this new learning educational resource.