Description:
AbstractIn the course Mass, Movement and Energy the students usually obtain low grades in the evaluations, showing lack ofgood understanding of basic Physics laws and concepts, abilities in problem solving, and motivation toward Physicslearning. We proposed to implement new didactic strategies based on the use of Information CommunicationTechnologies (ICT). For this purpose, we performed an Action-Research (A-R) exercise, which would allow us tostudy the possible changes introduced by the newly implemented strategies, and confirm if the use of ICT contributesto an improvement in student’s learning and motivation toward the course. We used several techniques for informationregistration, in order to make a qualitative triangulation of the results. We found improvements in the students’motivation, and in their understanding of conceptual contents, but we didn’t find improvements in their problemsolving abilities. Future actions will have to be oriented toward more specific methodologies for improving this aspect.