Desarrollo de gamificación como estrategia de motivación para el fortalecimiento del aprendizaje en la asignatura de lengua y literatura

Abstract

The educational system represents a complex universe where various factors are confronted, however in the framework of primary education whose age group corresponds to student populations of children between 3 to 11 years of age, other educational resources that demand within of their training needs, the implementation of innovative resources that allow the student to be able to learn in pedagogical, didactic and playful environments, however, the implementation of these environments is a significant challenge for the teacher, because the educational model regular does not usually present the necessary facilities to implement these resources. In this framework, the present study addresses the development of gamification methodologies as motivation strategies to strengthen learning in the subject of language and literature, in that sense, this research arises from the approach regarding what motivation strategies the teacher applies in his class?, which led to analyze the underlying elements in the regular educational process, and the use of digital tools to promote the interest of students in certain educational processes, therefore, the design of a gamification tool that allows motivating learning from the dynamics of video games. Therefore, it has been established as an objective in the study to strengthen learning in the Language and Literature subject in the Basic General Education sublevel of the Dr. Hugo Guillermo Gonzales Educational Unit through gamification as a motivation strategy, for which a gamified prototype that contains the curricular elements of the subject in order to develop learning skills, in addition to positively favoring the motivation of meaningful learning in students.

The study that has been carried out is of a mixed type, it is based on a quantitative approach, so instruments such as the questionnaire were used for data collection, on the other hand, the research is complemented with elements of qualitative data collection through the interview. , which allowed a triangulation of the information collected and from these data to build an intervention proposal. A total of 15 students from a public educational institution in the Espíndola canton, Loja province, participated in the study. For the implementation of the prototype called "LengTIC", two research units were addressed, from which data were initially collected from the specialist teachers of the subject, at this stage suggestions were collected regarding the elements that a video game should contain. educational, the interview was used as an instrument for collecting these data; in the second instance, the prototype was evaluated by the students of the subject, this evaluation consisted of identifying the functionality characteristics in three dimensions corresponding to dynamics, interface and mechanics, these data were collected through a questionnaire based on the Likert scale. Finally, the findings obtained from the research show that there is a higher degree of motivation in the students participating in the study, in addition the prototype allowed the development of the learning skills of the subject of language and literature in the students of the fifth year of education. Basic general based on a playful learning dynamic, based on the development objectives of the institutional curriculum plan.