Efecto de la aplicación de estrategias lúdicas en las clases de Educación Física en el desarrollo del pensamiento lógico matemático con niños del primer año de Educación General Básica

Abstract

Mathematics represent a fundamental subject in basic general education; specifically mathematical logical thinking which allows the development of daily life activities, and it is necessary to be used in physical education. The objective of the research was to determine the effect of the application of playful strategies in physical education classes for the development of mathematical logical thinking in the 1st year EGB students of Mario Rizzini High School during the school year 2022-2023. A quantitative and descriptive methodology was used. Also, a survey was used to collect data using as instrument the pre-calculation test by Neva Milicic and Sandra Schmidt (1977). 30 students from the 1st year of basic general education participated in the study. The participants were evaluated with a pre-test that consisted of the application of a pre-calculation test in which the children had to answer different questions in a booklet; with content based on 10 dimensions that measures the abilities and skills of the participants at the same time. At the end of the intervention, the post-test was applied using the same criteria of the pre-test. The results revealed that the main limitations of the students occurred in: Solution of arithmetic problems with 35.00%, ordinal numbers with 42.00%, recognition and reproduction of numbers with 68.46%, which means that the precalculus skills have not been adequately acquired. The conclusions revealed that the methodological proposals based on activities to reinforce logical thinking in Physical Culture improved some dimensions among which we have, solution of arithmetic problems, increase from 9% to 35%, ordinal numbers of from 31.40% to 42% and recognition and reproduction of numbers went from 43.40% to 68%.