Digital Tools as a Didactic Strategy to Strengthen Formative Assessment

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze the implementation of digital tools adjusted to the formative evaluation in the Educational Unit "Cardenal Carlos María de la Torre". For this purpose, some digital tools and their application in the formative evaluation were evaluated, which facilitated the optimization of time and physical materials; the most complex subjects for students were considered, the subjects of Mathematics, Physics, and English, the most important tools were identified in each of them, such as GeoGebra, Phet, and Wordwall. For the study we worked with second-year students of the evening section of the Unified General High School; parallel "A" was chosen with a population of 32 students for the experimental group and parallel "B" with a population of 30 students, which is the control group.  Through the use of the statistical tools Jamovi and Excel®, the level of normality of the data obtained and the statistical significance was evidenced, which demonstrated an improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency in the application of the formative evaluation, in addition to the interest of the students in the application of the selected tool for each of the subjects. It is advisable to promote the proper use of digital tools in educational institutions, especially at the secondary level for its savings in time and resources, in addition to the students show greater interest in the teaching-learning process, as part of the development of the subjects, becoming an element of vital importance for their training.