Juegos serios como estrategia de aprendizaje de la matemática

Abstract

Abstract: The main objective of this research is to apply a serious game as a strategy for learning mathematics in fifth year students of the mathematics area of the Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional Don Bosco Macas. The scientific method was used using the quasi-experimental design, on a population of 72 students divided into 2 groups: 36in the experimental group and 36in the control group. In both groups a questionnaire was applied before and after applying the game to the experimental group, the experimental group played 40minutes daily, 4 sessions per week, for 3 weeks (12 sessions). For the analysis of the results, descriptive and quantitative statistics were used, our hypothesis test being Student's t-test at a significance level of 95%. At the end of the statistical processing it can be observed that there is a significant difference in those students who participated with the Reflex Math game.