The racing teams in the teaching-learning process

Abstract

A student’s learning is not only achieved through what the teacher instructs; it requires interaction when collaboratively working with classmates, developing the competencies associated with the course and essential for their professional life. The knowledge learned is put into practice, seeking success through teamwork in groups called racing teams. This article describes the learning experience achieved by applying the racing team approach in different courses, where the degree of difficulty or not being connected with their professional career, causes disinterest, impacting motivation and results. That is why the objective is to use the strategy of teams to solve problems through computer programs and develop software projects with responsibility and commitment, learning collaboratively with the intervention of the teacher to reach the goal, using technological tools, either working in remote or face-to-face environments. Students can use technology in a course on logic and programming, software engineering, and software development methodologies to perform their activities and rely on their team thanks to communication, coordination, individual talents, and efforts, where the time factor plays an important role, achieving record times through practice without affecting the quality of the result, boosting motivation and having an impact on learning, and above all, building confidence to solve problems individually in activities and exams.