Impact of the project for the friendly learning of mathematics in secondary education

Abstract

This research has analyzed the impact of the project for the friendly learning of mathematics in secondary education (NICAMATE). This is research with a mixed approach based on a descriptive design with the effective participation of secondary school students from the seventh, eighth and ninth grades of the Hermanos Zamora de Ocotal Public School Center, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. In this context, different instruments were applied such as: surveys of teachers, interviews with students and the principal, likewise, pilot tests were applied to students, which made up a sample of 30 participants chosen for convenience, the academic record was also considered, particularly math grades from 2019 to 2021 and the first semester of 2022, for comparisons in terms of pass rate and academic performance. The main results show that the positive impact of the NICAMATE program and how it has come to contribute to educational quality from its beginnings in the piloting of 2018 to the present, the disposition of main actors in the classroom process being a key factor.