Tesis
Instagram’s impact on students’ perception and performance when writing a narrative text
Autor
Calabrán Sandoval, Diego
Catalán Pino, Débora
Olate Díaz, Javiera
Sandoval Mella, Ángelo
Venegas Montt, Moisés
Resumen
Seminario de Investigación para optar al Grado Académico de Licenciado en Educación The use of ICTs in education has become a necessity in today’s world. Previous societies have always expressed concern about children spending too much time in front of the screens, but the reality is far different in 2020 where students are required to use technology. The following thesis aims at analyzing the effectiveness of ICTs (Instagram specifically) on students’ performance when writing a narrative text in English. This study followed a pre-experimental design and the sample consisted of 4 participants from 2 different universities in Concepcion, Chile. Besides, the instruments used to collect data were a pre-test, a post-test and a survey related to personal opinions about the use of Instagram for writing development. The main outcomes of this study are that Instagram has a positive impact on students’ performance when writing a narrative text. As to students’ perceptions the results revealed that 3 out of 4 participants agreed that Instagram can be used with ease in order to learn, also that it was an interesting learning tool which improved their writing skills and motivation towards English. Although the hypothesis has been corroborated, further research is needed to draw proper conclusions using larger sample size groups and from different regions of Chile. Besides, it is also important to collect data from the 3 different educational contexts in Chile: private, subsidized and public education