Random thinking for third-grade of rural primary school during covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

According to the emerging educational challenge due to the Covid-19 pandemic and to mitigate some weaknesses evidenced in the Saber tests (random component) for third-grade primary (ICFES, 2018) and the SERCE study (Ruiz López, 2015 ) by UNESCO, this research describes and analyzes the experience of implementing the use of virtual resources in the teaching-learning process of statistical probability in third-grade students of a rural school during the period of confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Colombia (Wikipedia, 2021). The study is framed within the qualitative descriptive paradigm and implements Participatory Action Research (PAR). In the research phases, an open entry interview allowed describing the students’ pre-knowledge about intuitive probability. Then, a didactic sequence was designed and implemented (Cuevas, 2020). Finally, an open exit interview allowed evaluating the impact of the experience lived in the previous stage. In the analysis of the results and according to the experience lived in the health emergency caused by Covid 19, we establish some suggestions about virtual strategies for teaching intuitive probability at an early age and during emergencies in rural areas. In this context, the results evidence a positive impact on the training of abilities to make decisions in everyday situations that involve a certain degree of uncertainty.