Impacto en el rendimiento académico por el uso de Webquest en la asignatura de inglés dirigido a estudiantes del tercer año de bachillerato en Ciencias Básicas del Colegio de Bachillerato Técnico Fiscal “Juan de Velasco"

Abstract

Academic performance impact research by using WebQuest in students from Third Year of High School in the Public Technical High School “Juan de Velasco”. The scientific, deductive and comparative methods were used, as well as sampling and data analysis techniques, and critical analysis, direct observation, structured interview and test as instruments. The objective was reached with the prototype which was applied to 71 students divided in two classesdemonstrate students learning effectiveness, measured in the comprehension, acceptability, satisfaction and achievement areas. By applying the Ttest for two samples assuming equal variances it is found that the hypothesis is true.

WebQuest application by teachers encourages the students’ intellectual activities performance and the activities which are developed require high level cognitive skills to transform information into knowledge and motivate teachers to use new resources to improve their classes. It is recommended to use WebQuest as an innovative teaching resource because it uses cooperative learning, motivates young people interest to research and reduce the task development time.