Determinación de factores que afectan el bajo rendimiento académico en el área de Física y Química de los estudiantes de Primero de Bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Nuestra Señora de Pompeya de la ciudad de Puyo. Período académico 2016-2017

Abstract

The investigative, work on the factors that affect the low academic performance, of the first year of high school students of the ¨Unidad Educativa Nuestra Señora de Pompeya¨ in the city of Puyo of the academic period 2016 - 2017, aimed to identify some personal, family factors and institutional factors that affect the academic performance in chemistry and physics subjects. We worked with a population of 180 students and a sample of 30 participants; The following methods were applied: statistical, analytical and synthetic; As techniques, the documentary review, the survey and as an instrument the questionnaires that measured, the academic motivation, the learning strategies, the socioeducative level of the parents and the academic performance of the students, another technique was the analysis of the results that allowed Propose proposals for improvement. It is concluded that low academic performance depends on personal aspects such as: motivation, anxiety, and academic factors as learning strategies. It is recommended to carry out knowledge workshops and application of these strategies to students so they can adapt them to their learning processes