Didactic games to stimulate the learning of the periodic table in first-year high school students

Abstract

Didactic games are attractive and motivating tools; they draw students' attention to the subject, quickly activate the learning mechanism, allow each student to develop their skills, and break the routine schemes in the classroom for teaching. The primary purpose of this work is to analyze the influence of didactic games as a pedagogical strategy in the teaching-learning process of the periodic table in first-year high school students. The research was applied to 60 students under a quasi-experimental modality, where two didactic games were implemented in an experimental group and another control group. It was developed with the application of the traditional teaching method. It was possible to observe that bingo and the chemical deck are suitable didactic activities, improving the students' attention. It is concluded that the game represents a didactic resource for teaching chemical elements, significantly improving grades.