Herramientas tecnológicas y enseñanza de las matemáticas

The purpose of this research work is to contribute to the search for new strategies for the insertion of ICT Information and Communication Technologies tools in the teaching-learning process of mathematics, thus improving the academic performance of students. For this, a connectivity survey was applied to the parents of the Yanahurco Educational Unit, in order to determine the socioeconomic technological level that students have at home and thus be able to determine the appropriate tool that adapts to all the cases found. Through a survey directed to the students and also through observation, it was determined in which subjects the students of the first year of high school have more difficulties in understanding through the traditional method. Once the appropriate tool and the theme to be reinforced had been selected, a pretest and a posttest were applied to the students, determining that the students achieved an improvement in their learning process. Finally, a survey of ten items was applied to the students who participated in the classes incorporating technological tools, about the perception that they had in the new form of teaching that was applied to them. The internal reliability of the instrument was calculated with Cronbach's Alpha, obtaining a value of 0.968, thus indicating that the survey items are totally reliable, therefore it is feasible. The results with a 95% confidence interval had a p value of <0.000001 in the chi square test of the results obtained in the final survey applied to the students. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and the research hypothesis was accepted: "Technological tools DO affect the process of teaching mathematics." Based on the results obtained, teachers are recommended to use technological tools as a support in the teaching-learning process of mathematics.