Enseñanza experimental de la mecánica de fluidos mediante la V de Gowin como estrategia didáctica

Abstract

The study of physics is international and is present in all secondary school curricula and in a variety of univer-sity courses. The importance of this subject lies in the fact that most real-world problems can be solved from physics. That is why Gowin’s V is proposed as a didactic strategy for the experimental teaching of Fluid Mecha-nics in students of the Pedagogy of Experimental Sciences degree at the University of Cuenca. In the research, a quasi-experimental methodology was used where the independent variable, Gowin’s V, is manipulated as an educational strategy and the dependent variable, academic performance, is analyzed. The study has a quantita-tive approach and was carried out with a single experimental group to which a pre-test was applied, followed by the implementation of the teaching strategy and subsequently the knowledge post-test was applied. The results obtained show improvement in the didactic strategy, where statistically, using the Student’s T test, the effective-ness of the proposal could be corroborated. In addition to seeing improvement in academic performance, it was possible to appreciate the effectiveness of Gowin’s V in collaborative work where students shared experiences and through experimentation demonstrated physical principles.Keywords: education; teaching; fluid mechanics; physical