Abstract:

Active methodologies are teaching practices that stimulate greater student involvement, enhance their critical thinking, improve their autonomy and help them learn transversal and professional competences in a holistic and organic way. Under this assumption, and taking into account the need to motivate students, preventing them from being passive and encouraging critical thinking. This study analyses the effects of a didactic strategy based on collaborative work and simulation of real case studies on the motivation and academic performance of students in subjects related to construction engineering. More specifically, the experience has been applied during four courses of the subject Tests and In-Service Behaviour of the Master's Degree in Building Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de València.

Through the implementation of simulation and collaborative work as a didactic strategy, following a cascade methodology, it has been possible to increase students' effective learning, active participation, collaboration and the practical application of knowledge.

Keywords:

Collaborative work, simulation, critical thinking, active methodologies.