The Singapore Method as a didactic strategy for the strengthening of the competence of solving additive problems in elementary school students El Método Singapur como estrategia didáctica para el fortalecimiento de la competencia de resolución de problemas aditivos en estudiantes de básica primaria

Abstract

The present research entitled "The Singapore Method as a Didactic Strategy for the Strengthening of the Competence of Resolution of Additive Problems, in students of second and third grade of Primary Basic of the Educational Institution Luis Carlos Galan Sarmiento Cucuta", had as objective to strengthen the problem solving competence in students of the second and third grades of primary school of the Luis Carlos Galan Sarmiento School Educational Institution through the implementation of a teaching strategy based on the Singapore method. The research is qualitative because it produces descriptive data (people's own words, spoken or written, and observable, additional behavior), used the design of action research which allows analyzing and describing human actions and the social situations experienced by its members, such as problems susceptible to change and those that require a practical response. For its approach was based on a literature review, which gave light to the theoretical basis of the problem and its possible solution, as well as for the implementation of methodological aspects, design of instruments such as the initial test, the pedagogical diary, the interview with other teachers, didactic strategies as referents for the design of their own and the final test. Next step, we proceeded to the development of the teaching strategies that generated significant learning in the students, specifically in the topic of solving additive problems. The impact on the study group was satisfactory because it allowed an important advance in the construction of knowledge, ability to debate and argue solutions to the different additive problems raised in class activities.