Juego educativo 2d. para ciencias naturales en noveno grado de educación general básica

Abstract

Taking into account the technological and educational challenges faced by the “Luis Amando Ugarte Lemus” educational unit, this project has been developed that focuses on the design of a 2D gamified resource with the purpose of improving the understanding of ninth grade students. parallel year “A” compared to the Natural Sciences subject, the biggest drawbacks detected were the lack of attention, the low level of learning and the lack of use of technology to solve these problems. The general objective proposed here is to analyze the impact that 2D games have, through the creation of an interactive video game on the cognitive development of the Natural Sciences subject in ninth year students of Basic General Education, in terms of the objectives Specifics are addressed by identifying the drawbacks present within the classroom with respect to the subject, the design of the resource using RPG Maker MV to apply it and carry out the respective evaluation of its application to determine if it is functional. Within the referential framework, topics such as the importance of the implementation of educational technology are highlighted, where the pedagogical potential of technologies is recognized, in addition to promoting changes in traditional methodologies to have a greater active approach, in terms of gamification, It stands out for its ability to capture the attention of students thanks to the elements it can provide. These topics have been the basis to begin developing this project. The use of the SCRUM methodology was used, which allows the management of the development of the project, this in terms of the prototype, in terms of the research, a mixed approach was applied with a descriptive scope and applying the pretest and posttest methods. The results of experiences I and II that were extracted with the interview carried out with the teacher and with the surveys applied to the students, demonstrate how effective the application of gamification is as a support tool within the teaching-learning process. The teacher highlighted within the designed prototype, that it has a friendly interface in addition to how effective its application can be after the explanation of a class in the subject, on the surveys side, in the first instance a division of opinions was obtained during the pretest, but after the application of the resource and its evaluation through the posttest, significant progress was revealed, the application resulted in a high degree of acceptance, the most notable options were that it was entertaining, easy to manipulate and of great use for understand the topics better. In conclusion, it was demonstrated that gamification is a very effective strategy to improve the understanding of knowledge, in this case, of the subject of Natural Sciences, this project addressed the causes that come from the understanding of content, to achieve this it was designed a 2D gamified resource that manages to capture the attention of students in order to facilitate the understanding of the topics.