Estrategias didácticas apoyadas con tecnología informática, para el desarrollo de aptitudes académicas en los estudiantes del tercer año de bachillerato de las unidades educativas de la Ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

Educational software was prepared with didactic strategies for the preparation of the students in the problem solving in academic proficiency relating to the numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning. It was based on Gagné learning model that takes into account “Learning of Problem solving”. The design of the software is supported on THALES methodology, proposed by Leonel Madueño, which is characterized as a non-linear hybrid model. This work was done on a sample of 175 students from third years of baccalaureate of “Isabel de Godin”, “Santa Mariana de Jesús”, “Capitán Edmundo Chiriboga” and “Riobamba” Educational Units who took the National Examination for the Higher Education (ENES), which is an assessment instrument proficiency low sensitivity to formal instruction, but it is an examination of high personal impact, for the importance that determines the decision to each applicant according to the same National System of Levelling and Admission (SNNA). A test similar to SNNA was applied to the group of investigated students, where the average score achieved is 34%, which indicates the difficulty students in operating numbers and operating mathematical relationships, as well as the way of thinking, relate and interpret patterns in the sequence of figures. The computer tool “Software Numerical Aptitude Verbal and Abstract (SANVA)” was applied in order to improve learning as a result the increase of their grades to 66%. Finally, this shows that the instructional design integrated digital resource and teaching strategies implemented in the software had a positive impact on the development of academic skills in students.