Las estrategias de aprendizaje y motivación en los estudiantes de la carrera de educación inicial modalidad en línea de la Universidad Técnica del Norte

Abstract

Academic Performance in university students is a study interest within the scientific community; On the other hand, the importance that internal processes can have and how they can influence learning has been studied, where motivation stands out. This research focuses on the relationship of learning strategies and motivation used by university students in the online Initial Education career to achieve goals in the academic context. The research has a quantitative approach, and within the framework of this, its scope is descriptive and correlational, the design of the research is non-experimental and its type is transversal.   199 students participated to whom the Motivation questionnaire and Learning Strategies was applied in digital format in Forms, once the data was obtained, these were migrated to the SPSS for the respective tabulation. The results obtained show that the total number of subjects to some extent put into practice tools to improve performance and actively participate in learning and maintain a high level of motivation. As for the relationship of the variables, Pearson's Chi-square test yielded a p-value less than 0.05, therefore, there is a relationship between learning strategies and motivation which through the V of Cramer test could be evidenced is a moderate relationship. In conclusion, although the relationship is moderate, the two variables almost come to an equal, implying that university students maintain reasons that encourage them to learn and for this they use strategies that bring them closer to meeting goals established in the academic context.