Abstract

RABASCO ZAMORA, Mayra Elizabeth; PEREZ URRUCHI, Abraham Eudes; ZAPATA CORNEJO, Flor de María  and  MENDIBURU ROJAS, Augusto Franklin. Playful strategies: social skills in Ecuadorian primary education. Conrado [online]. 2024, vol.20, n.96, pp. 367-376.  Epub Feb 28, 2024. ISSN 1990-8644.

Gamification appears as an alternative to convert traditional teaching-learning methodologies into more entertaining, interesting and motivating activities, which encourage greater involvement of students in the construction of their own learning, transforming their behaviors. This study was carried out with the objective of assessing the knowledge and social skills acquired by students with the application of playful strategies. A correlational study with a longitudinal panel design (pre-test and post-test) was carried out in the “Eugenio Espejo” educational unit of Babahoyo, during the year 2023, based on the diagnosis of the current state of the social skills of 23 students. with deficiencies in these. Descriptive methods were used for the initial diagnosis. In addition, the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was carried out for related samples, which made it possible to analyze the behavior of the scores before and after the playful strategies were applied. It was concluded that these strategies strengthen the development of social skills of the students under study, stimulating concentration, creativity, communicative development and generation of knowledge.

Keywords : Playful strategies; Social skills; Dimensions.