Mejora del entrenamiento para maniobras mediante la aplicación del videojuego educativo Buque Escuela Guayas

Abstract

This research is intended to improve the nautical maneuver training through the application of the educational videogame Buque Escuela Guayas from Guayaquil City which was applied as a new didactic strategy of the educational methodology. This was an experimental research in regarding the both groups, the experimental group which was given nautical maneuver training by applying the didactic strategy of this study proposal based on a video game of nautical maneuver simulation and the control group. The study population comprises 32 participants of which, 6 are teachers and 26 are Marine aspirants, the study sample concerning to the aspirants was a representative sample, which was proportionally distributed between the experimental group and the control group in order to have two homogeneous groups. The study results reveals that the nautical maneuver training at the Buque Escuela Guayas from Guayaquil City have been improved by implementing the video game of nautical maneuver simulation validating the hypotheses that the new didactic strategy of this study proposal improves the cognitive skills of the Marine aspirants at real conditions. On the other hand, the study results reveals that not only the visual memory and the operative memory span (Ops) is close related to the attention and Simple Reaction Time (SRT)., but also The Visual Memory, Spatial Memory Function are correlated to the visual-mental capacity and the Mental Recognition (MR). The Stroop Test (ST) was independent of the study other variables. Thus, the educational video game impact on learning improvement at the experimental group and the control group which account for (p=0,02). Since the average of participants at the experimental group achieved the best scores in the real nautical maneuver at the Guayas School Ship from Guayaquil City which accounts for (8,9/10) in contrast to the (8,1/10) reached by the control group.