Una visión integradora de la investigación estudiantil en pregrado

the objective of this study was to analyze an integrating vision of undergraduate student research based on investigative attitude and intelligence. the methodology was documentary, applying content analysis; research experiences developed by student researchers in the school of medicine at the university of zulia were gathered and interpreted. this made it possible to analyze research from an integrating viewpoint based on philosophical, epistemic and pedagogical components. the study also refers to curricular research modalities: declared, cross-sectional and extracurricular or formalized in research teams. the latter appears as an opportunity the university offers the student to train him/her as a citizen and professional, corresponding to what is established in state and university of zulia policies. in this context, an integrating definition of investigative intelligence is constructed, understood as a conscious knowing generated by cognitive routines that systematize ideas to build knowledge. consequently, the integrative approach to student research represents in undergraduate studies, an alternative for constructing investigative attitude and intelligence in terms of the capacity to develop scientific work and citizen values.