Evaluation of pedagogical strategies for the implementation of the Curriculum Microdesign of Physics in the school of Engineering: An educational experience Evaluación de estrategias pedagógicas de implementación del Microdiseño Curricular de Física en la Facultad de Ingeniería: Una experiencia educativa

Abstract

In the Surcolombiana University there is a dropout rate of 41%, which although it is below the national average, the university itself has its share of participation in this index. The present research work deals with the impact of a methodological proposal, not authoritarian and lacking in verticality, in the reduction of desertion. The proposal promotes the broad participation of students in a process in which the final grade depends on continuous monitoring of student progress throughout the semester.

To achieve the objectives, a quantitative and longitudinal study was carried out over the periods between Semester B of 2009 and semester B of 2011 in order to establish the relationship between variables such as participation and achievement. The sample included the students of the mechanical subject and electromagnetism of the Faculty of Engineering (Neiva headquarters). The lack of success in achievement is one of the factors of desertion.