Skills in students of technological areasinvestigative; [Habilidades investigativas en estudiantes de áreas tecnológicas]

Abstract

The development of investigative skills in students allows increasing knowledge in the technological area not only in their training (theoretical, practical), but for the exercise of their profession from now on. The objective of this work is to determine the research skills of university students in the technological area, Research with a qualitative, quantitative, descriptive approach that has a greater significance in times of Covid. The study sample is non-probabilistic in a census manner due to work conditions, applied to 30 students from the faculty of technology of a public university. The information collection was initially given through a questionnaire and in a second moment a semi-interview was conducted structured confirmatory effect, both via virtual The main conclusion reached regarding investigative skills is that they are essential and important components in the development of research for the student in the technological area, no skill is superior to the others, and together they complement and develop, it is determined with a frequency of 40% in correspondence to the indicator according to most of the dimensions evaluated, it refers that the student tends to the execution and progress of investigative skills. © 2021, University of Cienfuegos, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez. All rights reserved.