Thermo-Fluids: Comparative Study of Academic Efficiency Between Two Groups Using Different Methodologies of Instruction

摘要

The present work was raised to know the influence the instruccional strategy in the academic efficiency of the students when incorporating the Internet like tool in the education of the subject Thermo- Fluids (TF) in the students of the fifth semester course of Industrial Engineering. The study leaned in the resource of the new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) using the Internet like learning environment. For it the platform was used Web or system of free conference by mean of the gratuitous platform Nicenet Internet Classroom Assistant (http://www.nicenet.org). The investigation was experimental and of longitudinal way in where the following instruments were used: a) list to determine the knowledge and previous abilities that have the students in the use of the computer, handling of the Internet and electronic mail, handling and use of the WWW like education learning tool, b) list to collect the perception of the student with respect to the learning atmosphere being used the ICT in the process education - learning of the subject TF and c) registry of the student efficiency according to the learning of unit two of the plan of evaluation of the course. In the analysis of the results one was favorable significant differences to the Experimental Group (EG), in the knowledge and abilities that the students in the use of the computer and handling of the tools of the Internet, as well as the student efficiency improved after to have applied the instruccional strategy.