Estudio de caso: Diseño de una guía de estrategias didácticas para fomentar la lectura comprensiva en estudiantes de Educación Básica de la unidad educativa Gerónimo Carrión de la parroquia El Lucero, cantón Calvas, durante el año lectivo 2024-2025

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to design a teaching strategies to promote reading comprehension among students at the Gerónimo Carrión Educational Unit, in the Calvas canton. The methodology consisted of a case study, which allowed to understand the current state of reading comprehension skills in the selected sample. It were used assessment and interview techniques. In the research, seventeen students in seventh, eighth, and ninth grades of primary school participated; four teachers from the institution also collaborated. The students completed a reading comprehension instrument on literary, scientific, descriptive, and journalistic texts. The reasoning assessment considered three dimensions: explicit ideas, implicit ideas, and semantic analysis. The results showed that only 59% correctly identified the explicit idea in the texts; 46% correctly identified the implicit idea; and 56% correctly identified semantic comprehension, highlighting a problem in the reading process. For the teachers, the main reading obstacle was the teaching materials. With this information, a teaching estrategies was designed with activities, resources, and assessment indicators to motivate reading among students.