Influencia del uso de Minecraft Education en el pensamiento crítico aplicado a la resolución de operaciones combinadas con expresiones algebraicas en estudiantes de octavo año de Educación General Básica

Abstract

Abstract: This study examines the influence of using Minecraft Education on critical thinking applied to solving combined operations involving algebraic expressions among eighth-grade students in General Basic Education. The overall objective was to determine the influence of using Minecraft Education on the development of critical thinking for solving combined operations involving algebraic expressions among eighth-grade students in General Basic Education at the Gonzalo Cordero Crespo Fiscomisional Educational Unit in the city of Quito. The sample consisted of 35 students. Methodologically, a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design was applied, utilizing scientific, analytical, and hermeneutic methods. The technique used was a survey, with the assessment instrument, a post-test questionnaire, which was validated by experts and administered at the conclusion of the pedagogical interventions. It was concluded that Minecraft Education had a positive and significant influence on the development of critical thinking regarding combined operations with algebraic expressions among eighth-grade students in General Basic Education.