Uso de estrategias didácticas para fomentar el razonamiento lógico matemático en los estudiantes de octavo Año de Educación General Básica

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Abstract: This paper analyzes the use of didactic strategies by the teacher to promote mathematical logical reasoning in 8th grade students of the "María Piedad Castillo de Leví" school in Arenillas, Ecuador. For this purpose, the entire population was considered as a sample, which included 36 students, a teacher and the assistant principal of the institution. To obtain the information we used questionnaires and an observation guide, as well as a bibliographic review to determine the importance that many authors give to the application of diverse didactic strategies in the teaching of mathematics and the development of logical thinking, since the learning of concepts and processes in this subject is loaded with stereotypes and bad experiences. The strategies most used by the teacher were identified, the level of logical reasoning in the students was diagnosed and we found that there is non-compliance on the part of the teacher in terms of what is stated in the micro-curricular planning. The evaluations made to the students show that the strategies used are not useful to develop logical mathematical reasoning.