Estilos de aprendizaje y rendimiento académico en matemáticas, de los estudiantes del colegio Cordillera de la ciudad de Loja, período 2016-2017.

Abstract

Knowledge of students 'learning styles is a first step in improving our teaching work, however, it is not currently considered by teachers, which contributes to students' poor academic performance. For this reason, the present research aims to know the learning styles that the students of BGU and its relation with the performance in Mathematics, in order to propose didactic strategies that improve the academic results. For this purpose, the Honey Alonso Learning Styles Questionnaire (CHAEA) was applied to a population of 82 students and an interview with the mathematics teachers of the three General Unified Bachillerato courses. It was found that the predominant learning styles were the reflexive, pragmatic and theoretical. It was also known that there is a significant relationship between active learning style and academic achievement in math, and a non-significant relationship between theoretical style and student achievement. Finally, it was established that, according to the academic performance average, it ranks in the range of 7 to 8, that is, it reaches the acquired learning.