Evaluación del uso del simulador PhET Movimiento de proyectiles en el desarrollo del pensamiento científico de los estudiantes en la enseñanza integrada de Física y Matemática de la unidad educativa Cariamanga

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of the PhET simulator "Projectile Motion" on the development of scientific thinking in second-year high school students at the Cariamanga Educational Unit, through the integrated teaching of Physics and Mathematics. This process was carried out using a quantitative, applied, and field-based approach, with a descriptive-comparative scope and a pre-experimental pretest-posttest design with a group of 30 students. A Likert scale questionnaire was used, administered before and after the didactic intervention. The students' evaluation of the simulator was positive, given that 86.7% of the students indicated that their scientific thinking had improved after using it. Furthermore, the resource helped them to understand the relationship between Physics and Mathematics, to visualize trajectories, and to analyze the variables of velocity, angle, and height. It is concluded that the use of PhET promotes active, dynamic, and comprehensible teaching; it contributes to improving the interpretation of phenomena.