Mobile Device Use in the Development of Research Skills in Students at a Public University in the Cajamarca Region

Resumen

The development of research capacity is a variable that demands attention in students of the various universities in the world, they need to use tools that facilitate access to information required for research work, all university students have a mobile device; however, it is not used for research, despite having applications for access to reliable and interesting information. The problem statement sought to test the influence of the use of mobile devices on the development of research skills. The study was quantitative in approach, applied with a quasi-experimental design, worked with 140 students from a public university in the Cajamarca region, divided into two groups, Control and Experimental; a pre-test was applied to both, where average differences of less than 0.071 were obtained in the dimensions and variable; the use of the mobile device determined that it was favourable for the GE, demonstrating that all students accessed information according to the guidelines of the research work. The application of the post-test proved that there are significant differences in the development of research skills, by obtaining average differences of more than 2.929 points in the dimensions and variable; the statistical values showed that there is a significant influence of the use of the mobile device in the development of research skills, by obtaining an associated bilateral critical level < 0.001, a result of less than 0.05, which accepts the hypothesis put forward