Creación de juegos digitales en la plataforma Wordwall como herramienta de enseñanza para mejorar el entendimiento de la temática: medidas de tendencia central, en estudiantes de Octavo EGB de la Unidad Educativa Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Hermanas Bethlemitas

Abstract

Abstract: This research seeks to determine the influence of the use of digital games created in Wordwall in the teaching-learning process of the students of eighth year of basic education at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters Educational Unit Bethlemitas , located south of Quito. With a sample of 73 students, the group of control (parallel A ), received traditional education, and the treatment group (parallel B ), interacted in class with Wordwall. Applying the quasi-experimental method to Parallel B , activities were designed in Wordwall, reinforcing the theoretical concepts; A standardized evaluation was applied to both groups where the results revealed than the treatment group, understood the topic better, obtaining scores significantly higher compared to the control group. In the survey of opinion, it was learned that the games on Wordwall favored motivation and commitment student during the learning process. In conclusion, the creation and incorporation of digital games in students of Eighth EGB is a promising strategy to improve learning. Wordwall is an effective tool in teaching statistical concepts in the environment school.