Material didáctico y la dificultad para aprender geometría en niños de educación inicial, subnivel 2

Abstract

The present research work is entitled: "DIDACTIC MATERIAL AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF GEOMETRIC FIGURES IN CHILDREN OF INITIAL EDUCATION, SUBNIUM II"; which has as hypothesis raised about: There is a relationship between the didactic material and the comprehension of geometric figures in children of initial education of sublevel 2; this problematic starts from the direct observation that has been made during the pre-professional practices where it is evident that the children of the Simon Bolivar School present difficulty to identify the geometric figures through the use of the didactic material; For this reason, there have already been antecedents that support this problem that mention that the educators do not share with the infants the didactic materials because the educational institution does not have the necessary resources that are useful for the apprentices; for this reason we have proposed the following objective: "To determine the relationship that exists between the didactic material and the comprehension of geometric figures in children of initial education sublevel 2". The approach used is quantitative; the type of study used is descriptive; for this purpose, we applied the following instruments: the observation guide directed to 99 children and the interview with 3 educators in order to collect data and prove the existence of the problem. After analyzing them, we proposed a solution that consisted of providing training workshops for teachers on the correct use and handling of didactic material for the teaching of geometric figures. In conclusion, we determined the relationship that exists between the didactic material and the understanding of geometric figures, in order to improve the teaching-learning process in early childhood education, where the most important thing is that through the recognition of geometric figures, children develop skills and abilities, thus enhancing mathematical logical thinking; What helped us most to determine this was the application of the research instruments which allowed us to demonstrate the difficulties that the children have when manipulating the didactic material and not being able to recognize the geometric figures. The most difficult part was the search for information that supports the relationship between the didactic material and the comprehension of geometric figures in children in early childhood education level 2.