Performance and Technology: New Strategies to Strengthen Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The development of reading comprehension is a competence that impacts the quality of life and performance of students. In this sense a descriptive and experimental research work was developed, with elements of participatory action
research using the mixed route, where learning environments mediated by art and technology were created, in order to strengthen comprehension skills in 25 fifth grade students of the Colegio José Martí I.E.D. in Bogotá, Colombia It was identified that the difficulties of the students had to do with deficiencies in the implementation of study habits, low motivation from home towards the exercise of reading and text analysis, along with difficulty in using technological devices in activities that promote cognitive development. The intervention strengthened the students’ communicative skills, stimulated their creativity,
reinforced their expressive processes and allowed the exploration of multiple possibilities with different artistic languages. However, there was still evidence of deficiencies in reading and text comprehension, so it is considered necessary to deepen in new strategies taking into account the use of art and technology, as a bridge for the progressive development of comprehension
skills, analysis and interpretation of texts.