Didactic strategy of sensory integration for the strengthening of critical reading in middle school students

Abstract

Critical reading constitutes a set of components in the human being that allow him to understand what he reads and what surrounds him, throughout this time education has sought a way to train the individual in this skill. However, although strategies and working guidelines focused on critical reading training have been implemented, studies and standardized tests in Colombia show a basic level of critical reading. According to the report, 81% of the population evaluated is at performance levels 2 and 3, while only 14% achieved level 4 (Icfes, 2022, p. 15). This research analyzed how a pedagogical strategy based on sensory integration (SI) strategies can contribute to the strengthening of critical reading in eleventh grade adolescents of the Guaimaral Technical InstituteTechnical Institute. It began by measuring the students' critical reading levels, establishing a baseline, followed by a literature review that included elements of sensory integration, pedagogical strategies, and critical reading learning. Basic elements were identified and used to construct a pedagogical intervention that was applied in 10 intensive sessions in order to visualize its effects. Although a large amount of theory related to this topic was observed, an effort was made to channel those theories from indexed documents from a period of no more than five years. It was possible to observe how the rigorous implementation of a strategy permeates the learning processes in individuals and contributes to their interest in learning and intrinsically strengthens their abilities.