Articulación de actividades de enseñanza a través del programa Excel, como estrategia para mejorar las habilidades de lectura e interpretación de graficas estadísticas comunes en estudiantes de grado octavo de la Institución Educativa Genaro León

Abstract

The aim of this research work is to develop a teaching activity articulation strategy between mathematics and technology and computer science subjects, to improve the ability to interpret information in frequency tables and common statistical graphics among eighth-grade students of the Genaro León Educational Institution. This project makes use of the descriptive method, applying qualitative and quantitative techniques, using an inductive method, which allows starting from the observation of particular phenomena or situations and framing the research problem towards the general. Four phases were established for the investigative process. Firstly, the diagnostic phase, in which the problem was contextualized, defining and concretizing the idea. Then, a phase of theoretical foundation preparation, followed by the methodological design phase where the sample selection and instrument elaboration are carried out. Finally, the phase of analysis and interpretation of the information, where data is collected and analyzed, resulting in a high percentage of low reading and interpretation of frequency tables and statistical graphics in the mathematics area by eighth-grade students. As a solution to the problem raised, a teaching activity articulation strategy is implemented between the mathematics and technology and computer science areas. For this, a series of exercises on reading and interpretation of statistical data is developed in the computer classroom, obtaining a good reception towards teaching statistics through a teaching activity articulation strategy based on the use of Excel. As a result, a positive response is found in the statistics teaching process, which means that the proposed teaching activity articulation strategy allows students to access and use technological tools that facilitate the reading and interpretation of information in frequency tables and trend statistical graphics.