Influence of Educational Software 'Kindermat' in Learning of Geometric Shapes in Five-year-old Children

Flor De Luz Palomino Valdivia, Alfredo Zunniga Rodas, Herwin Alayn Huillcen Baca, Manuel J. Ibarra, Mario Aquino Cruz, Ivan Soria Solis

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Abstract

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 forced a mandatory confinement throughout the planet, thus, teachers and students distanced themselves and caused the migration from face-to-face to virtual education. This drastic change in education greatly affected Peru, as technological tools were required to support the student in the learning process. For this reason, the educational software KINDERMAT was built, which is a web application that supports the learning of geometric shapes in preschool children. The research aims to determine how KINDERMAT influences the conceptual and practical learning of geometric shapes in children 5 years old. To achieve this, students from an Educational Institution in Peru are taken as a sample, dividing them into two groups: experimental group (GE1) and control group (GE2). A post-test is applied to both groups following a quasi-experimental design. Finally, it was shown that the KINDERMAT educational software positively influences learning in the students in the sample, since there is a 15.5% improvement in the learning of children who used the KINDERMAT educational software compared to children who did not use it.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2021 16th Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies, LACLO 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages450-453
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665423588
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event6th Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies, LACLO 2021 - Arequipa, Peru
Duration: 19 Oct 202121 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2021 16th Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies, LACLO 2021

Conference

Conference6th Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies, LACLO 2021
Country/TerritoryPeru
CityArequipa
Period19/10/2121/10/21

Keywords

  • Educational Software
  • Geometric Shapes
  • Kindermat
  • Perú
  • Virtual Education
  • Web Application
  • e-learning

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