Los juegos didácticos como medio para la motivación y el rendimiento académico de la asignatura de las matemáticas en los estudiantes del grado sexto del colegio INEM.

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the motivational process through the practice of educational games and their impact in the area of mathematics of students in grade 601 of the INEM school "in Ciudad de Cúcuta" with a quantitative approach research preexperimental with a sample of 31 students, male gender 18 female students 13 with an average age of 12 years, who are in secondary education, practical and theoretical classes were held where didactic games were used as a pedagogical strategy to improve motivation and knowledge of the area of mathematics. For the collection of the information, a pre-test and a post-test, motivational by Dr. Dumont, where we measured their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation were performed, the academic performance of each student was also used, making an analysis of the results.