GeoGebra en el desarrollo del pensamiento lógico espacial en educación básica media, Escuela “Presidente Jaime Roldós Aguilera”, Machala, 2023-2024.

Abstract

This research work explores the use of digital educational tools such as geogebra for the development of spatial logic thinking in basic education at the Presidente Jaime Roldós Aguilera school. Currently, technology is increasingly linked to education due to the great advantages and opportunities it offers both to the work of teachers and students. That is why including it in the training process that takes place in the classroom, especially when it comes to developing this type of thinking, brings multiple benefits that can significantly transform learning, these aspects were considered to structure the research topic. The methodology used in the study has an explanatory level because it tries to explain the causes of the limited development of spatial intelligence in students. It also includes a descriptive level since these causes are detailed in detail and, finally, a correlational level because it studies the relationship between the investigated phenomenon and the geogebra variable, which is manifested as a solution to the detected problem. The modality of the research is the following: documentary, because the search for information was made in scientific journals for greater credibility, and field research because the problem was directly felt through the instruments applied. The approach of the study is qualitative-quantitative, because it considers the opinion of each subject to be investigated within a large population determined in 6 teachers and 217 students of all middle school. Of the latter, a sample of 141 students was selected to be surveyed, while the teachers were interviewed in order to collect the necessary data to continue with the research. This information was later analyzed, tabulated and interpreted to obtain the appropriate results. The results obtained showed that educational professionals do develop spatial logic thinking in their students, but under a traditional methodology and very little innovation, alluding to the low degree of knowledge and implementation by teachers about technological tools aimed at this area of learning. It was also found that the low level of interest and participation of the students is caused by the monotony and the limited creativity and innovation exercised during the teaching-learning process. Finally, a significant difficulty was detected in most of the students to understand basic geometric concepts, making it clear that there is an imperative need in the area of mathematics. Regarding the conclusions of this work, it was determined that the low level of development of spatial logic thinking in middle school students of the Presidente Jaime Roldós Aguilera school is due to the traditional teaching methodologies, which are not very innovative, used by teachers when instructing about the contents of the subject. Consequently, learning in the area of mathematics is not significant and spatial logical thinking is not adequately developed. For this reason, the familiarization of teachers with the digital tool geogebra is a need that needs to be urgently addressed to improve the teaching-learning process and raise the level of spatial logical thinking in students.