Resumen

FUENTES, Lorena; VILLEGAS, Mayerling  y  MENDOZA, Iván. Educational Software for Biology Teaching. Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales [online]. 2005, vol.21, n.47, pp.82-100. ISSN 1012-1587.

The main objective of this research was to design a biology learning educational software based on an interactive, friendly environment with multimedia resource incorporation, to be applied in the third stage of Basic Education. It was based on behaviourist, cognitive and constructivist theories, as well as some aspects related to educational software production, referred to by Gros. This documentary research led  to a feasibility project design which consisted in an educational software product called Bio Tutor 2000, version 1.0, a model developed using Blum’s methodology. An educational software appropriate to biology learning for eighth  grade students, meeting subject matter syllabus contents and functional requirements was obtained. Bio Tutor 2000 is a resource which can be used by a heterogeneous population since it allows cognitive flexibility.

Palabras clave : Educational software; feasible project; biology learning; learning theories.