Software educativo para el aprendizaje de ciencias naturales en los estudiantes de 5to año de Educación General Básica

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to provide a solution to the teaching-learning process (PEA) with the support of technology and ICT in the classroom. We find ourselves witnessing a pandemic that has lasted longer than expected, where new educational modalities had to be added to continue with our educational process without wasting time. This modality is now known as: virtual education, we have been receiving virtual classes for more than a year through videoconferencing platforms, such as: Zoom, Meet, Teams and some other platform that covers virtual classes. During the resolution of virtual education, supportive, collaborative, participatory and/or interactive technological tools have been implemented to help in the PEA and thus convert monotonous classes into innovative and motivating classes so that students lose their fear of these new tools and at the same time convert their learning to a meaningful and cognitive one. With this, other teaching techniques are also used, such as the use of educational mobile applications, web pages, educational blogs or educational software that for many teachers and students has become a very satisfactory pillar that has made their learning more dynamic. For this point, the present research seeks to solve a central problem, which is addressed as follows: How does educational software influence to strengthen learning in the contents of the natural sciences subject in the unit "Natural diversity: the ecosystems” to the students of 5th year of Basic General Education of the Chiquilladas Private School? For the creation of this educational software for the teaching of the subject of natural sciences, two general objectives have been proposed, one as the general objective of the research constituted as follows: Design of educational software as a prototype for teaching and strengthening learning in the subject of natural sciences in the unit "Natural diversity: ecosystems", in the students of 5th year of Basic General Education of the Chiquilladas Private School. And a general objective for the prototype, generated as follows: Create an educational software with the Visual Studio program, as a programming language, for the strengthening of learning in students of 5th year of Basic General Education in the subject of natural sciences. of the Chiquilladas Private School. Therefore, in each general objective, their respective specific objectives will be found to satisfactorily fulfill the creation and design of educational software for the subject of natural sciences. Likewise, a research methodology has been sought that allows the prototype to be developed and executed with satisfaction through the ADDIE methodology, where through its five phases of: analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation, it is possible to execute the assembly of educational software. with their respective interfaces and designs that allow the student to feel motivated, show interest and at the same time generate their own knowledge. As a last instance, the resolution of experiences 1 and 2 will be found where, through the use of data collection instruments, it has been possible to show the general analysis and the level of acceptance that the educational software acquired during its application with fifth-year students. of GBS In addition, the conclusions and recommendations that the research has been able to collect throughout its development will be shown.