Estrategias de enseñanza - aprendizaje y su influencia en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de octavo año de Educación Básica paralelos A, B, C del Colegio 24 de Mayo de la ciudad de Quito en el primer quimestre del año lectivo 2016-2017

Abstract

The present work titled "Teaching and learning strategies and their influence in the academic performance of the eighth grade students of Basic Education parallels A, B, C of “24 de Mayo” High School from Quito City in the first quimestre of the academic year 2016-2017" has as objective to stablish the teaching and learning strategies that the teachers use and how they influence in the students’ academic performance. The study was applied in a total of 104 students and 8 teachers in basic areas in this high school. Descriptive, analytical - synthetic, statistical and hermeneutical methods were applied. Techniques of observation, bibliographic review, application and survey were used; its instrument was the questionnaire, to elaborate it, were considered the objectives and variables of the investigation. The study concluded that the teaching strategies used by teachers in the classroom have a significant impact on the acquisition of knowledge to improve the students´ academic performance. It proposes an alternative proposal of continuous improvement in order to increase the level of educational quality.