Diseño e implementación de una guía de prácticas de laboratorio para la enseñanza activa de la calorimetría en segundo de bachillerato

Abstract

In this degree project, an exhaustive bibliographic review was carried out, which allowed to identify the background on the teaching of physics in Ecuador and specifically of the calorimetry unit, in addition, the following problem was considered; the lack of time, resources and the complexity of the contents has limited the realization of laboratory practices, in response to this need, it was proposed to systematize a laboratory practices guide for the teacher, focused on second-year high school students, making use of interactive digital tools and accessible resources. In addition, a methodology with a mixed approach was applied, combining qualitative and quantitative techniques; in the first case, an interview was conducted with three physics teachers, resulting in great acceptance of the implementation of a laboratory practices guide and in the second case, two questionnaires were applied; The pre test and post test were administered to two groups of students (control and experimental) distributed throughout the educational institution. The results concluded that while traditional methodology is a good teaching tool, experiential learning achieves slightly greater gains in knowledge acquisition. Keywords: Laboratory, Physics, Calorimetry, Experiential.