Active breaks: a didactic alternative for strengthening motivation

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the influence of active breaks on strengthening the motivation of students in the fifth parallel grade "A" of the Filomena Mora de Carrión Basic General Education School. It is important to encourage the application of active pauses at different times of the development of the learning process, because they strengthen and considerably improve motivation, since, applied correctly, they are very useful to awaken positive emotions, strengthen concentration, attention, memory activation, reduce stress levels and encourage the active participation of students. It has a mixed quantitative-qualitative approach; In addition, the following methods were used: scientific, statistical, descriptive, analytical, synthetic and inductive; To obtain information, the teacher and students were interviewed; the scale of Learning Motivation and Attributional Styles, CEAP48 Scale, Subscale SEMAP-01 was applied. The population investigated includes one teacher and twenty-two students. In order to support the strengthening of student motivation, the proposal "Let's break the routine and learn with happiness" was designed and applied; It allowed to strengthen and considerably improve motivation with a significant scope.