Efectividad del programa PIENSO en el rendimiento escolar

Introduction: different international studies highlight the importance of stimulating the intelligence of schoolchildren to improve their academic performance, replicating these experiences at the local level is the motivation of this work.Objective: to determine the effectiveness of the PIENSO program in the school achievement of Cuenca children aged 8- to- 9 years.Methodology: a quasi-experimental study was carried out in 13 urban public schools in the city of Cuenca, a total of 329 children in the fourth year of basic education participated, 183 minors were randomly assigned to the experimental group that received the PIENSO program, 146 were included in the control group. The students were evaluated using the Wechsler intelligence scale before and after the intervention with this program. The performance appraisal was taken from the report card.Results: the children of the experimental group obtained significantly higher scores in the school performance tests (mean 8.59) than the students of the control group (mean 8.47).Conclusion: the children who participated in the modules of the PIENSO program obtained a better school performance than those of the control group.