Pattern recognition is an important skill of Computational Thinking and is one of the most important competences for solving a problem that involves finding similarities or patterns in small problems to solve more complex ones. In this work, we present the mobile application software Patrony. The main contribution of this work is to promote the learning of Computational Thinking, especially pattern recognition, in specific sectors of education in Mexico through the simple use of a software application. To evaluate the effectiveness of the mobile application, tests were carried out in two elementary schools with a total of 43 students, which were divided into 2 groups: a control group and an experimental group. The results of the tests showed that the learning gain (M = 6.50 in postest compared to M = 4.94 on pretest) of the students who used our mobile application produces a significant difference with respect to students who learned using a traditional method of classroom teaching. The results also infer that computational thinking applications can be used as effective learning tools within some important Mathematics topics in public and private schools in Mexico.

模式识别是计算思维的一项重要技能，是解决问题的最重要能力之一，涉及在小问题中找到相似之处或模式以解决更复杂的问题。在这项工作中，我们介绍了移动应用软件 Patrony。这项工作的主要贡献是通过简单地使用软件应用程序来促进墨西哥特定教育部门的计算思维学习，尤其是模式识别的学习。为了评估移动应用程序的有效性，我们在两所小学进行了测试，共有 43 名学生，分为两组：对照组和实验组。测试结果表明，学习增益（后测中 M = 6.50，而 M = 4. 使用我们的移动应用程序的学生的预测试中的 94 名学生与使用传统课堂教学方法学习的学生产生了显着差异。结果还推断，计算思维应用程序可以在墨西哥公立和私立学校的一些重要数学主题中用作有效的学习工具。