Estrategias de aprendizaje para la enseñanza del álgebra lineal

Abstract

Abstract: The present work aims to implement strategies based on gamification for the learning of matrix algebra in Engineering students of the Private Technical University of Loja. An investigation with a quantitative approach and quasi-experimental design was developed, having as a population 50 first-cycle students of the Environmental Management and Business Administration careers, which made up the control and experimental groups respectively. In the experimental group, educational activities were applied using the gamification technique, while in the control group, traditional teaching was applied. It was observed that the experimental group obtained a mean of 5.9545 in the pre-test, while in the post-test the mean was 8.1364. On the other hand, the control group obtained a mean of 6.0556 in the pretest and 6.8056 in the posttest. These results allow us to conclude that when comparing the averages of both groups, the application of gamification improves academic performance in Business Administration students, as opposed to Environmental Management students, where this strategy was not used.