El uso de WhatsApp como recurso educativo y su influencia en la comprensión lectora de los estudiantes de básica

Abstract

Abstract: In recent years, there has been a radical change in education due to the use of new virtual tools that allow teachers new ways of socio-educational interaction in order to develop efficient competencies in their students. The main objective of this research is to evaluate the use of WhatsApp as an educational resource and its relationship with the reading comprehension of basic education students. In order to respond to the objective, a non-experimental, cross-sectional study was designed, with a mixed approach and framed within the category of classroom management. We worked with a sample of 30 informants to whom we applied a questionnaire and a test that made it possible to manage the results in a quantitative and qualitative way. From the analysisof this study, statistically significant relationships between the use of WhatsApp and an increase in the students' reading comprehension levels can be evidenced. It is concluded that the potentiality of the use of WhatsApp as an educational resource strengthens students' academic competencies.