Intervención para mejorar las necesidades psicológicas básicas, la motivación, las funciones ejecutivas y el logro académico en el alumnado de Primaria

Abstract

Primary education is a critical stage in children's development, where the foundations for their intellectual, emotional and social growth are laid. From the educational community itself, it is essential to establish and implement effective evidence-based interventions in order to seek greater quality and equity in the classroom, maximising their learning and well-being. In this thesis, presented as a compendium of publications, we analyse the effectiveness of two tools that, in recent years, numerous researchers have proposed as possible tools to promote the socioemotional, cognitive and academic development of primary school students. On the one hand, an intervention, following the principles of Self-Determination Theory, aimed at changing the interpersonal styles of teachers through online training so that their students have greater satisfaction of their basic psychological needs, intrinsic motivation, commitment and academic performance; and another intervention based on investigating the effects of a computer-based training programme based on games on executive functions and also its impact on academic achievement. In addition, in order to address the lack of literature found in relation to the aspects concerning the first intervention in this specific population, a systematic review of the influence of basic psychological needs in primary school students is also proposed, together with the adaptation and validation of two instruments to assess the level of satisfaction of basic psychological needs in the classroom and academic motivation. It also seeks to use scientific research - such as the articles that make up this thesis - to understand how students learn better, which teaching strategies are more effective and how to promote greater optimisation of students' socioemotional, cognitive and academic development. All this makes a total of five publications that aim to use scientific research to contribute to a better understanding of how students are doing, how they learn best, what teaching strategies are most effective and how to promote their socioemotional, cognitive and academic development.