La gamificación y su incidencia en el aprendizaje significativo en ciencias naturales; tercer grado básica; Escuela Zoila Ugarte de Landívar; El Guabo; 2022-2023

Abstract

The degree work was carried out with the purpose of determining the incidence of gamification as an active methodological strategy, in the development of meaningful learning of students, focused on the area of Natural Sciences, taking as object of study the students of the Third Grade of Basic Education of the “Zoila Ugarte de Landívar” School, El Guabo, period 2022-2023. Therefore, the research reveals the reality experienced in the educational environment, where through the triangular analysis of three instruments, it was highlighted how the teaching-learning process is in decline due to the use of traditional educational methodologies, which limit student participation, causing a lack of motivation and understanding of the learner of the topics taught, and ignoring the importance of learning to develop skills that will serve for life. Therefore, for the development of the research, it was decided to implement a mixed methodology, with a quantitative-qualitative approach, which would help to answer the hypotheses raised regarding the use of educational methods that could be more active. To begin with, a direct observation was made, which helped to evaluate the problem, make the questionnaires and carry out the survey and interview. Then, through statistical data, a critical analysis was carried out. On the other hand, the work had an explanatory, descriptive and relational level of research. It is explanatory because it determines the relationships between the variables, descriptive when performing the statistical analysis of the frequency tables, and relational when looking for similarities between the dependent and independent variables. After completing the interpretation of data and their respective analysis, the results were obtained in response to the following questions: What are the main problems in the teaching-learning of Natural Sciences? and What methodological strategies are currently used by teachers? Through the research, it was revealed that teachers apply traditionalism in conducting lectures and using conceptual tables, because teachers have a basic knowledge of active educational methodologies, and do not feel confident to implement techniques and strategies that present a challenge in the workplace and in the economy. This causes the student to present complexity in learning scientific concepts and to have little previous knowledge, which is reflected in the low performance of student. In short, when evidencing the problem, it was possible to denote the requirement of adopting new active methodologies within the teaching-learning process, such as gamification, to achieve significant learning in students in the area of Natural Sciences. For this purpose, a proposal is made to create and socialise an educational blog, where the benefits of the use of gamification for meaningful learning in the area of Natural Sciences are demonstrated. Where we encourage teachers to implement playful strategies during their classes, to motivate and increase the level of participation during classes, in addition to promoting the retention of knowledge in the long term, and the development of skills that will serve according to their social context.