Development and validation of the Instrument to measure the opinion of students in the use of teaching and learning strategies through Gamification

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to present the design and validation of the Instrument to obtain opinions on the use of teaching and learning strategies through Gamification, prepared for the development of a doctoral thesis project. The instrument has the purpose of determining the relationship that exists between meaningful, collaborative learning and innovative strategies implemented through Gamification in the degree in Dentistry at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas “Francisco García Salinas”, specifically in the subject of Embryology. It is composed of 44 items with a Likert scale type response, organized with four blocks: general data, meaningful learning variable, collaborative learning and gamification. The validity and reliability of the instrument was established through expert judgment and Cronbach's Alpha consistency coefficient. The sample for the pilot test was made up of 94 students studying a degree in Dentistry at the Siglo XXI Campus of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. The results obtained in the first phase of evaluation by experts showed a series of observations that were taken into account to modify the questions and in the second phase where the Cronbach's Alpha test was applied, it gave a high percentage of reliability to be able to use the instrument. in said investigation.