Factores socioeconómicos, factores escolares y aptitud numérica en estudiantes que reciben formación preuniversitaria

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to find the socioeconomic and school factors that are related to the development of numerical aptitude in students who receive prior training to access higher education, under the sustenance of the ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner. A non-probabilistic sampling was used for convenience, 239 students participated in the "Nicolás Copérnico" pre-university center in the city of Cuenca, with a sampling error of 1.92%. Three instruments were used for the collection of information: context survey, numerical aptitude test and the Honey - Alonso learning styles questionnaire. The latter had an internal consistency at a global level of .703, measured by Cronbach's alpha; and greater than .5 for each style (active = .527, reflective = .538, theoretical = .587, pragmatic = .503). The multiple regression was performed using the ordinary least squares method, whose value of the coefficient of determination (R2) was .407, at a level of significance of 5% for the Fisher test. The variables that presented a statistically significant relationship with the performance in the numerical aptitude were: sex, years of schooling of the head of household, school morning, theoretical learning style, average grade in the baccalaureate and head of household belonging to the scientific group and intellectual (classified according to your main occupation)