Desarrollo de las destrezas con criterio de desempeño en el área de ciencias naturales mediante la gamificación

Abstract

Currently, education aims to be a playful activity that arouses students' motivation and interest in constructing their own learning. It is for this reason that it is essential to know the methodology that can be used to ensure participatory learning, with the objective of developing skills with performance criteria in the Natural Sciences Area through gamification. The study employed the logical framework methodology with the diagnosis of the ethnographic method to achieve an approach with the population and sample corresponding to eighth-grade students from the Alfonso Laso Bermeo Higher Basic Education School, consisting of 39 subjects, 18 females and 21 males, aged 11 to 12 years, going through the adolescent life cycle. The results reveal that each gamified strategy implemented had an effect on the educational environment. The Human Crossword facilitated collaboration and participation, showing a substantial increase in scores and a large effect size. MentiMeter showed statistically significant improvements and a very large effect size. Nearpod demonstrated a positive influence on learning, and the Gincana strategy, in turn, stood out with highly significant improvements. The analyzed studies allow us to demonstrate that gamification contributes to the development of students' skills through play and active participation.