El razonamiento abstracto y su relación con el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes en las áreas del conocimiento Ciencias Sociales y Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Cuenca en el periodo septiembre 2020-febrero 2021

Abstract

This study, from a descriptive and inferential perspective, identified the association of abstract reasoning and academic performance in students from the areas of Social Sciences and Health Sciences; according to the classification of the University of Cuenca in the academic period September 2020-February 2021. Likewise, demographic factors that theoretically are associated with university academic performance (e.g., gender, origin or age) were also analyzed. This research follows a quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational and quasiexperimental approach. The study was conducted with 586 students between 18-28 years old. The Figure Analogies Test was administered as an indicator of the abstract reasoning construct. Sex, age and career were obtained through a sociodemographic questionnaire. In order to identify academic performance, the average of the Bachelor degree grades, the national assessment and the high school grades from the students were taken into account. As the main conclusion, abstract reasoning showed a weak significant relationship with the university academic performance