22 Article Journal of Technology and Innovation December 2019 Vol.6 No.19 22-30 PSeInt Technological tool to develop logical-mathematical intelligence in structured computer programming PSeInt herramienta tecnológica para desarrollar la inteligencia lógica-matemática en programación estructurada de computadoras CRUZ-BARRAGÁN, Aidee*, SOBERANES-MARTÍN, Anabelem and LULE PERALTA, Armando Universidad de la Sierra Sur ID 1st Author: Aidee, Cruz-Barragán / ORC ID: 0000-0002-8305-9897, arXiv Author ID, Researcher ID: S-7558-2018, CVU CONACYT ID: 671712 ID 1st Coauthor: Anabelem, Soberanes-Martín / ORC ID: 0000-0002-1101-8279, CVU CONACYT ID: 180105 ID 2nd Coauthor: Armando, Lule-Peralta / ORC ID: 0000-0001-9109-170X Received: September 09, 2019; Accepted: November 04, 2019 Abstract Resumen Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación have an increasing influence on the way of (ICT) tienen una influencia cada vez mayor en la forma communicating, learning and life; and that the challenge de comunicarse, el aprendizaje y la vida; y que el desafío is to use these technologies effectively so that they serve consiste en utilizar eficazmente estas tecnologías para the interests of the students as a whole and of the entire que estén al servicio de los intereses del conjunto de los educational community as didactic strategies to support estudiantes y de toda la comunidad educativa como the students, in their arduous task of learning topics estrategias didácticas de apoyo a los estudiantes, en su related to the development of the logic of computer ardua tarea de aprender temas relacionados con el programming, since for them it is a factor that makes it desarrollo de la lógica de programación de difficult to solve problems in algorithmic form, computadoras, ya que para ellos es un factor que dificulta independently of any programming language. In the para solucionar problemas en forma algorítmica, search to improve the teaching-learning process in the independientemente de algún lenguaje de programación. fundamentals of the logic of computer programming, the En la búsqueda de mejorar el proceso de enseñanza- present work aims to describe the experience where the aprendizaje en los fundamentos de la lógica first semester students of the Computer Systems programación de computadoras, el presente trabajo tiene Engineering of the Technological of Advanced Studies of por objetivo describir la experiencia donde los the East of the State of Mexico (TESOEM) learned to estudiantes de primer semestre de Ingeniería de Sistemas develop their skills to understand such logic, necessary to Computacionales del Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores solve problems in algorithmic form using a del Oriente del Estado de México (TESOEM) psedolanguage as a pseudocode, where the PseInt aprendieron a desarrollar sus habilidades para entender program was used as an educational support tool dicha lógica, necesaria para solucionar problemas en significantly influencing the understanding of this logic. forma algorítmica usando un psedolenguaje como pseudocódigo, donde el programa PseInt se utilizó como PseInt, Programming, Logic-Mathematics herramienta de apoyo educativo influyendo significativamente en el mejoramiento del entendimiento de esta lógica. PseInt, Programación, Lógica-Matemática Citation: CRUZ-BARRAGÁN, Aidee, SOBERANES-MARTÍN, Anabelem and LULE PERALTA, Armando. PSeInt Technological tool to develop logical-mathematical intelligence in structured computer programming. Journal of Technology and Innovation. 2019, 6-19: 22.30 * Correspondence to Author (email: [email protected]) †Investigador contribuyendo como primerAutor. © ECORFAN–Bolivia www.ecorfan.org/bolivia 23 Article Journal of Technology and Innovation December 2019 Vol.6 No.19 22-30 Introduction Similarly, López (2006) mentions that students are not being taught to think; that is, The incorporation of Information and they are not developing the logic of Communication Technologies (ICT) in society programming and that is a factor that makes it and, especially, in the field of education, has difficult for most students and for the teacher it become increasingly important and evolving in is a challenge that must be faced, because recent years. However, what gives a true programming is an intellectual activity that potential within the classroom is the requires a lot of creativity, ability to pedagogical sense of the teacher, so that abstraction, analysis and synthesis and that incorporation must be the product of a constant these skills can be developed in an appropriate reflection of the teacher on several aspects, way. including the didactic strategy to be used, the skills to be developed, the theme and the Howard Gardner has proposed his theory problem that must be solved. ICTs in the of Multiple Intelligences since 1983. Through classroom provide both the educator and the it, Gadner concluded that intelligence is not student with useful tools and position the something innate and fixed that dominates all student as the protagonist of their own learning the skills and problem-solving skills that the (Cruz and Barragán, 2014). human being possesses as often thought, but that education can develop it. Within their At present there are various educational theory of intelligences is Logical-Mathematical technological tools, such as didactic strategies Intelligence, people with this intelligence have to support students, in their arduous task of among their abilities logical thinking, high learning topics related to computer science, numerical reasoning, the ability to resolve, such as the logic of computer programming, the understand and approach arithmetic elements, latter as mentioned by Novara (2014 ) that in general in resolution of problems. learning to program algorithms is very difficult for most students, since programming logic is Gardner (1983) recognizes that every required, fortunately the tendency of the last ten human being is born with potentialities that are years is more frequent to use technological the product of genetics, however, he considers tools at university level to facilitate teaching that they are developing in one way or another, learning based on representations of in what influences the environment, pseudocode or flow charts, among these stand experiences, education received, culture, among out Pseint and FreeDfd. other aspects not less important. Recalling that programming algorithms is The experience obtained through the very difficult, López (2006) points out that one subject of Computer Programming of the problems found in computer Fundamentals is presented during the 2018/2 programming students is to understand the logic school year (September-January) in which the and how a program really works, because most first semester students of Computer Systems of the time they simply memorize the code Engineering of the Technological of Higher syntax, taught in a specific programming Studies of the East of The State of Mexico language and that causes a lot of confusion, (TESOEM), learned to understand the logic because at the moment that the student needed to solve problems in an algorithmic advances in the different semesters how to way, regardless of some programming implement Object Oriented Programming, it is language, that is, to learn algorithms using a where the teacher realizes that “something” is psedolanguage as a pseudo-code and not needed. So that "something" that lacks is the directly with a programming language. basic logic of programming. The foregoing, in order for the student to understand how a computer program really works through the PSeInt tool as support for constructive, collaborative learning and discovery through ICT, in the sense that pseudocode exercises are not understood for some of the students in an abstract way, which led to simulate the execution of the process with true data in that tool. ISSN 2410-3993 CRUZ-BARRAGÁN, Aidee, SOBERANES-MARTÍN, Anabelem and LULE PERALTA, Armando. PSeInt Technological tool to develop ECORFAN® Todos los derechos reservados logical-mathematical intelligence in structured computer programming. Journal of Technology and Innovation. 2019 24 Article Journal of Technology and Innovation December 2019 Vol.6 No.19 22-30 Commonly the verification of the According to Fullan and Stiegelbauer exercises is by the blackboard and paper, so it is (2000), with the innovation processes in terms tedious in simple basic exercises. of improvements in the teaching-learning processes is the incorporation of new materials, ICT in educational processes new teaching behaviors and practices and new beliefs, as well as new conceptions to achieve UNESCO (2013) indicates that Information and significant learning. Communication Technologies (ICT) have an increasing influence on the way of From the perspective of Ausubel et al. communicating, learning and life; and that the (1997: 42): “The conceptualization of challenge is to use these technologies meaningful learning is achieved when the effectively so that they are at the service of the student can relate new knowledge to their interests of all students and the entire individual experience (with what they already educational community. Likewise, it considers know), with everyday situations, with real that ICTs help to achieve universal access to situations, etc. so, Leon (s / f): makes mention education and improve the equality and quality that the human being has the willingness to of education; they also contribute to the really