La Gamificación como estrategia para el fortalecimiento de la comprensión lectora en los estudiantes del grado Quinto de primaria del Colegio Carlos Pérez Escalante Sede Marco Fidel Suarez.

Abstract

This research was conducted in the educational institution Colegio Carlos Pérez Escalante in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, with the objective of designing a proposal with pedagogical strategies to contribute to the improvement of reading comprehension in fifth grade students between 9 and 15 years of age through gamification as the main tool. Based on a diagnosis and an interview with the students, an analysis of both components was carried out where the difficulties presented by the students in the reading comprehension level were detected, where a proposal was implemented with the gamification tool for the strengthening of reading comprehension, in order to achieve concrete progress in the learning of reading comprehension in the students of the Marco Fidel Suarez school. The research assumes a qualitative approach employing a pedagogical action research method, the key informants focus on 26 students between 9 to 15 years of age of the grade. The data collection techniques implemented were the field diary and semi-structured interview, obtaining positive results in learning. It is concluded that the application of the pedagogical strategies was pertinent, demonstrating great advances and improvements in the reading comprehension of these students.