ABSTRACT
The competence is a category of pedagogy, what has evolved through different educational experiences in different countries of the contemporary world, the that describe here is. Of that pedagogical scientific precedent, we assumes that competence is a strategy/method, tool of man for solving problems of human activity. This hypothesis has been demonstrated and evaluated through the application of the task system in the development of competences of the area of history, geography and economy of the 1st and 5th degree of the secondary education in educational institutions of Lima city 2010 during. This experience demonstrates that the competence as a strategy/method describes a logical sequence of tasks, the development of the competence happens through the execution and/or resolution of the tasks/problems: because the logical order of the tasks described in the competence is similar to the logical order of operations or procedures of the tasks that arise for learning.
It also provides evidence of how the task system significantly influences the development of competence, demonstrating that the tasks/problems, is not only the ideal methodology for their development, also exam adequate of the domain or ability in the competence.
