Personal Learning Environments (PLE) in the Teaching of Central Tendency Measures in General Basic Education

The purpose of the research work was to determine the relationship between Personal Learning Environments (PLE) and the teaching of measures of central tendency in the ninth year of General Basic Education. The methodology used was experimental, with a qualitative-quantitative approach, with a bibliographic-documentary and field modality, of descriptive type and association of variables. The data collection process was carried out with the participation of 62 students in the ninth year of General Basic Education of the “Joaquín Arias” Educational Unit of the Pelileo canton, which being a finite population, it was not necessary to apply the sample calculation. The results of the pretest showed that 40.32% of the students were in a medium learning level (4–6), while only 8.06% reached a higher level (10), however, when applying the posttest, after having implemented the activities with the use of programs and/or applications based on PLE tools, a significant improvement in performance was obtained, since on average 64.52% of the students reached between 7 and 9 points. This information corroborated the level of influence of Personal Learning Environments (PLE) in the teaching of measures of central tendency in the ninth year of General Basic Education. Consequently, the purpose of this topic was to relate the quality of learning that the teachers emit in class and that is reinforced by the students through various activities that help them to carry out their own learning, as well as to achieve a better development and participation in class time, for which it is recommended that teachers encourage students to use Personal Learning Environments that contribute to increase the acquisition of knowledge regarding the different topics that are discussed in class.