Los entornos personales de aprendizaje en el desarrollo de competencias cognitivas de los estudiantes de primer semestre de la Carrera Biología y Química de la UNACH. propuesta metodológica sistémica.

Abstract

The purpose of the research was: apply personal learning environments in students of first semester of Biology and Chemistry of Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo (UNACH) for developing the cognitive competencies from a systemic methodological approach. The design of research was quasi-experimental and of applied type, where initially through surveys it was diagnosed that 78,3% of students have got a medium level of digital competencies that influence directly in a low level of cognitive competencies, and at the end of the research was determined that students valued positively the creation and application of their own personal learning environments (PLE’s) based on a systematic methodology that combines of hybrid way the virtual classroom of the subject, the e-portfolio and the web 2.0 tools, conceptualized and related about the Bloom’s Taxonomy. Through the data analysis an arithmetic mean was obtained with best score to PLE-output regarding to PLE-input, being the difference of 29,261 points, equivalent in a high level of 69,6% of cognitive competencies development at the end of academic period, this implies that PLE’s like methodology should be applied by the students such in their academic performance as professional.