Aprendizaje por descubrimiento para desarrollar la percepción cognitiva área ciencias naturales, subnivel medio, Escuela “Aurelio Prieto Muelas”, Buenavista, 2023-2024.

Abstract

In this research work, an educational method has been selected such as Discovery Learning or also known as Heuristic Learning. It is considered vitally important that students are active protagonists of their own learning and their participation in order to develop the activities. and solve problems to obtain cognitive progress, this method allows the student to acquire their knowledge individually based on experimentation and discovery, allowing them to develop their abilities, skills in which they can investigate and discover something of their own interest, this learning method Through discovery in the natural sciences it also stimulates greater interest and enthusiasm for understanding the environment around us. By giving students the opportunity to explore and discover the diversity and complexity of nature, their connection to the natural world is strengthened and their continued interest in science is stimulated. It is important that in the teaching-learning process since it allows the student to be the main actor of his own knowledge because at the moment he receives some information this individual will have a series of curiosities or reactions to try to solve problems or activities Determine the incidence of discovery learning in the development of cognitive perception in middle school students in the area of Natural Sciences, Aurelio Prieto Muelas School. Given the results obtained through research tools, such as surveys, interviews and observation guides, these data were meticulously analyzed.