Abstract

The objective of this project was to reconfigure the chemistry laboratory of the Caribbean campus of the University of Costa Rica as a university educational space in order to study the different factors that influence learning at this site. Subsequently, it was decided to make an improvement in aspects such as security (where a redistribution of space was contemplated) and resources; to see the influence of these two factors in increasing the perception of student learning. With the objective of determine this, a survey was carried out on Chemical Engineering students who are in their third and fourth year of study, since they developed in both work environments. Security was increased by 30% and student perception of knowledge acquisition was improved by making security improvements and esources available.

Key words: Teaching; metacognition; learning process and trainings