basic education students

Family co-responsibility links family involvement with students' socioemotional needs and with the actions carried out by the school. This study aimed to understand, from the perspective of education professionals, family co-responsibility for the socioemotional support of basic education students in public schools. A qualitative study with a descriptive design and an interpretive orientation was conducted. Data were collected through an asynchronous, self-administered open-ended questionnaire completed by three professionals with different profiles and were examined through qualitative content analysis and source triangulation. The results show heterogeneous family involvement and support practices that combine educational monitoring with emotional support. Participants distinguished between having communication channels available and sustaining ongoing coordination with families. The barriers identified were mainly located in family and socioeconomic conditions, and no barriers were explicitly attributed to the school. Family-school collaboration was recognized as relevant to addressing socioemotional needs. Based on the professionals' perceptions, the study concludes that family support integrates educational and socioemotional dimensions and gains meaning through its connection with the school, within a co-responsibility in which both settings play distinct and complementary roles.

Justification: Reading comprehension difficulties among basic education students have driven the search for pedagogical strategies such as gamification; however, their effectiveness depends on the specific characteristics of the context in which they are implemented. Objective: Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature published between 2020 and 2025 on gamification strategies used to strengthen reading comprehension among basic education students in Ecuador and to analyze the reported results regarding their effectiveness. Methodology: The study was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The search was carried out in the Scopus, SciELO, Redalyc, DOAJ, and Latindex databases. A total of 34 records were retrieved, of which 12 studies were selected for analysis. Results: Findings indicate that gamification strategies were mainly developed through digital resources and structured instructional sequences integrating challenges, feedback, rewards, points, levels, badges, narratives, progression systems, and collaborative activities. Regarding effectiveness, the studies reported improvements in literal, inferential, and critical reading comprehension, with greater progress in inferential and critical processes. In addition, increases were found in motivation, participation, engagement, and interest in reading. Conclusion: The findings support the favorable effects of gamification in strengthening reading comprehension among basic education students in Ecuador.

Basic science is concerned with developing an understanding of the natural world through observation, experimentation, investigation, and logical reasoning. The study compared the effectiveness of computer simulations and charts usage on secondary school students’ academic achievement in Basic Science in Aguata Education Zone of Anambra State. Two research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 3,310 (1,664 males and 1,646 females) Upper Basic Education Two (UB2) students who enrolled for the 2025/2026 academic session in the 39 public secondary schools in the Aguata Education Zone of Anambra State, with a sample of 186 UB2 Basic Science students selected using a multistage sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was Basic Science Achievement Test (BSAT). The instrument was face validated by three experts and a reliability index of 0.87 was obtained using Kuder Richardson 20 method. Experimental procedure was carried out in stages and data were collected through pretest and posttest using BSAT. Data analysis was done using the mean and Analysis of Covariance at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings, among others, revealed that students taught Basic Science concepts using computer simulations achieved significantly higher scores than those taught using charts. Male students taught using computer simulations recorded slightly higher mean achievement scores than their female counterparts, but the difference was not significant. Based on the findings, the study recommended that Basic Science teachers should regularly use computer simulations during classroom instruction, as they significantly improve students’ achievement in Basic Science more than charts do.

علوم پایه به توسعه درک از جهان طبیعی از طریق مشاهده، آزمایش، تحقیق و استدلال منطقی می‌پردازد. این پژوهش اثربخشی استفاده از شبیه‌سازی‌های رایانه‌ای و نمودارها را بر پیشرفت تحصیلی دانش‌آموزان دبیرستانی در درس علوم پایه در منطقه آموزشی Aguata از ایالت Anambra مقایسه کرد. دو سؤال پژوهش و سه فرضیه، این مطالعه را هدایت کردند. طرح پژوهش شبه‌آزمایشی اتخاذ شد. جامعه آماری شامل ۳۳۱۰ دانش‌آموز (۱۶۶۴ پسر و ۱۶۴۶ دختر) پایه دوم متوسطه اول (UB2) بود که برای سال تحصیلی ۲۰۲۵/۲۰۲۶ در ۳۹ مدرسه متوسطه دولتی منطقه آموزشی Aguata ایالت Anambra ثبت‌نام کرده بودند و نمونه‌ای متشکل از ۱۸۶ دانش‌آموز علوم پایه UB2 با استفاده از روش نمونه‌گیری چندمرحله‌ای انتخاب شد. ابزار گردآوری داده‌ها، آزمون پیشرفت علوم پایه (BSAT) بود. این ابزار توسط سه نفر از خبرگان از نظر روایی صوری مورد تأیید قرار گرفت و شاخص پایایی ۰.۸۷ با استفاده از روش Kuder Richardson 20 به دست آمد. فرایند آزمایشی در مراحل مختلف اجرا شد و داده‌ها از طریق پیش‌آزمون و پس‌آزمون با استفاده از BSAT جمع‌آوری گردید. تحلیل داده‌ها با استفاده از میانگین و تحلیل کوواریانس در سطح معناداری ۰.۰۵ انجام شد. یافته‌ها، از جمله، نشان داد که دانش‌آموزانی که مفاهیم علوم پایه را با استفاده از شبیه‌سازی‌های رایانه‌ای فراگرفته بودند، به طور معناداری نمرات بالاتری نسبت به دانش‌آموزانی که با استفاده از نمودارها آموزش دیده بودند، کسب کردند. دانش‌آموزان پسر که با شبیه‌سازی رایانه‌ای آموزش دیده بودند، میانگین نمرات پیشرفت کمی بالاتر از همتایان دختر خود داشتند، اما این تفاوت معنادار نبود. بر اساس یافته‌ها، پژوهش توصیه کرد که معلمان علوم پایه به طور منظم از شبیه‌سازی‌های رایانه‌ای در آموزش کلاسی استفاده کنند، زیرا این روش به طور معناداری پیشرفت تحصیلی دانش‌آموزان در علوم پایه را بیش از نمودارها افزایش می‌دهد.