Diferencias en habilidades y conducta entre grupos de preescolares de alto y bajo rendimiento escolar

  1. Calero García, María Dolores
  2. Carles Gassin, Rosario
  3. Navarro González, Elena
Revista:
Relieve: Revista ELectrónica de Investigación y EValuación Educativa

ISSN: 1134-4032

Año de publicación: 2010

Volumen: 16

Número: 2

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Relieve: Revista ELectrónica de Investigación y EValuación Educativa

Resumen

El objetivo ha sido analizar la relación entre variables psicológicas y rendimiento escolar en niños preescolares. Se ha seleccionado un conjunto de variables cognitivas y conductuales, que según la bibliografía más actualizada se relacionan con el aprendizaje escolar, con el fin de identificar los factores que parecen influir en el rendimiento educativo en la etapa infantil. La meta final sería intentar prevenir problemas de rendimiento futuros mediante la identificación temprana de estas variables en los niños que parecen presentar bajo rendimiento. La muestra ha estado compuesta por 47 niños: 23 con alto rendimiento y 24 con bajo rendimiento. Se han utilizado medidas de inteligencia (K-BIT), potencial de aprendizaje (EHPAP) y metacognición. Los resultados muestran que los grupos difieren en el perfil de habilidades, en variables conductuales y en la utilización de estrategias metacognitivas. Sin embargo, todos presentan un potencial de aprendizaje similar.

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