La escritura de ensayos argumentativos en estudiantes de secundaria

Abstract

The present research arises from the interest of wanting to improve educational practice related to writing argumentative essays. Preparing an argumentative essay is complex for tenth grade students whose ages range from 13 to 15 years old. At the local level, no studies have been found related to the topic with students of that age, much less in a rural sector. This study proposes a didactic sequence based on the students' initial texts. The sequence combines different types of activities so that students improve their writing and do not see it as a tedious activity. The general objective of this project is to make a comparison between the texts written before and after having applied the sequence to verify its effectiveness. The project follows a quantitative methodology with the application of a pretest, a posttest and a survey. This work allowed us to know the changes that can occur in students' writing, as well as determine that group activities and those that involve games have a higher percentage of acceptance, which is necessary to think about subsequent applications.