App móvil como estrategia de gamificación para motivar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes en la asignatura de historia de primero de bachillerato ciencias del Colegio de bachillerato 6 de Agosto de la parroquia Barbones

Abstract

In this modern era, education is no longer only in a traditional way, that is, focused only in the classroom and in person. Rather, the use of the internet and digital devices have represented a great help in the implementation of new tools to improve education. Consequently, gamification is currently a booming topic in the field of education as a way to engage students in achieving learning goals. Games can become a strategy for students to motivate themselves to acquire knowledge. Gamification increases student participation, similar to role playing games, to improve cognitive and metacognitive skills, thus optimizing their learning. Therefore, educational institutions must provide the student with better experiences in the teaching-learning process. In order to contribute to this fact, we aim to identify interactive software as a motivation and learning strategy for students of the History course through gamification focused on the implementation of games for the evaluation of the knowledge acquired in class. For this, a mobile application was developed based on the question and answer game, based on the learning activities of the educational plan for the History subject. The History Quizz mobile app will help students reinforce their knowledge in a more dynamic way with game mechanics and rewards. In addition, where players must pass levels in a competition with time, in order to evaluate the knowledge acquired in the subject. Using the Addie model for the development of the mobile application. Once the prototype was obtained, the mobile application was implemented in the 6 de Agosto High School of the El Guabo canton with the First High School students. Surveys and interviews were also used, both with students and teachers for the evaluation of the application, in order to make the respective improvements to the prototype. As a result, the mobile application was widely accepted by students and teachers.