Las habilidades socio-emocionales y su influencia en la percepción y el rendimiento académico en ciencias de la naturaleza = Socio-emotional skills and their influence on perception and academic performance in natural science

The statistical data and some studies raise the relevance of the problem of school failure in Spain, the percentages of early abandonment are worrisome. This school failure is related to the lack of acquisition of significant learning due to difficulties in learning, relationships with peers, insufficient reading comprehension, …; these generate erroneous perceptions and negative emotions that influence school performance. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the relationship between the different aspects that allow us to promote the learning of social skills in a preventive manner.In this research we have used a relational model between perception and performance in the subject natural sciences and social skills of consciousness and emotional control, conversational, cooperation and help through work, those related to the defense of own rights, socio-emotional and life and subjective well-being as improvement of the quality of life. The sample of the research is 447 students from the third to sixth year Primary courses from several educational centers. The results obtained show us that there is significance between perception and socio-emotional skills with respect to performance and, therefore, the motivational impulse in performance is proven if we improve perception through these socio-emotional skills and the development in the classroom of programs and active methodologies, as cooperative learning and mindfulness, that improve learning and reduce conflicts in the classroom.