Impacto del aprendizaje colaborativo en el proceso de enseñanza de las ciencias naturales en estudiantes de Quinto Año de Básica de la Escuela ‘Enriqueta Cordero’ de la ciudad de Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

Collaborative learning generates a positive interaction that helps the performance of all team members. The objective of this work is: to determine the impact of collaborative learning in the teaching process of the curricular unit of Natural Sciences of the fifth year students of Basic School "Enriqueta Cordero", located in the city of Cuenca, province of Azuay The research took a mixed approach: in qualitative terms, a systematic open source design was applied, while from the quantitative one a pre-experimental design was applied. The Atlas ti 7® hermeneutic program was used to analyze the results of interviews with 3 teachers (including the principal) and 60 students in two moments. While the SPSS 22® program was used to measure student performance. The results confirm the influence of the implementation of strategies based on collaborative learning, noting the existence of more collaborative activities in the intervention group than in the control group. Likewise, it was observed that those students belonging to the intervention group obtained better grades in the summative evaluation of the Natural Sciences block.