Resumen de Educational software and its impact on the learning process in university

Henry Martínez León, Gloria Tarrío Villaverde

• This chapter describes a study carried out in 2019 which evaluated theuse of ICTs, specifically the LógicaUCAB educational software, andits effects on students’ learning of the Propositional Logic content fromthe Computing Logic course of the Computer Engineering degree ofthe Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB). Two groups of students were selected: an experimental group, who used the LógicaUCAB tool in a laboratory during five weeks, one session per week, anda control group, which did not have access to the software. The officialUCAB platform (Módulo7-Canvas) was also used for virtual activities. The research methodology was quasi-experimental, since groupswere formed non-randomly. Finally, a written test was applied to bothgroups to verify results. These showed a positive effect on the academic performance of the students regarding the Propositional Logic content when using LógicaUCAB in the Computational Logic course. Based on this experience, a program that can be further applied and that contributes to student learning of Propositional Logic is formally detailed, through the use of an Educational Software and some other ICT tools.