DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCES THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING (PBL) IN FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF CALDAS (MANIZALES)

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a methodological strategy that presents the teacher and the student with a group of activities that seek to make learning active, dynamic and meaningful; This strategy is based on problem situations that arise from the student's daily life, thus achieving meaningful learning. For the development of the research, the objective was to implement the ABP for the development of scientific competencies for fifth grade students in teaching the respiratory system. The implemented methodology was given from the qualitative approach, research-action method, with an experimental group and a control group, in the Instituto Universitario de Caldas, in the city of Manizales. For the collection of the information, the level of appropriation that the students have on the scientific competences was taken into account, to then carry out the implementation of the PBL in the teaching of the subject related to the respiratory system and thus evaluate the development of the scientific competences in students of said degree. By way of conclusion, the fifth grade students of the Instituto Universitario de Caldas presented an advance in the appropriation and development of scientific competences, being a more conscious and meaningful process, achieving learning from experience and their own experiences.