La utilización de métodos tradicionales y alternativos y su incidencia en la calidad del proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje de la estadística inferencial en la Escuela de Ingeniería Mecánica

Abstract

The purpose of this research work was to analyze the academic incidence of using traditional and alternative methods on 74 students who took the subject of Statistics for Engineers at the Mechanical Engineering School at ESPOCH. For this, a questionnaire was used and applied to the professors in order to determine their own teaching methodologies. The survey showed that, in fact, only 10% of the teachers have background studies in Pedagogy, and the other 90% have technical instruction only. This makes the teaching – learning process and the methodology used more difficult. In order to measure the student academic performance the student records during the academic period 2013 were used. The students were classified as exempt (from final test), passing, and suspended (for a second chance test). This information was evaluated and showed a median to be analyzed. Wilcoxon statistics methodology was used, and a high level of significance 95% proved that the use of alternative methods influences positively against the traditional methods. Therefore, the use of alternative methods improves the students’ academic performance. It is recommended that Statistics for Engineers professors include alternative methods in their teaching methodology. It is necessary to train professors in Pedagogy and its new teaching – learning methods.