Factors that produce significant differences in the learning of students who graduate from sixth grade

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the factors that produce significant differences in the students who graduate from the sixth grade of the Miranda state of Mérida. The problem arises that at present there are still Bolivarian schools with a five-hour day where there are deficiencies in the areas of mathematics and language. The theoretical framework was oriented according to the Venezuelan education system, Bolivarian school, theories of learning. Methodologically, within the positivist paradigm, with a level of descriptive research applying quantitative methods. In the data collection, the following was used as a technique: survey and as an instrument the questionnaire applied to a sample of 72 students during the 2016-2017 school year. The t-student test was carried out using the SPSS program in its copy 15.0 and as a result it was evident: 1). students with an eight-hour day in the language area passed with 40% while five-hour students passed 64.3%; two). it was evidenced in the area of ​​mathematics that the students with eight-hour day have a learning with 3.3% and five hours with 26.2%; 3). The most influential factors on learning were: motivation and family reality; 4). To conclude, a series of methodological guidelines is proposed to overcome factors found.