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Exploring and Developing a Shared Understanding of the Issues Surrounding Engineering Mathematics

J. Bilbao , E. Bravo , O. García , C. Rebollar , C. Varela , A. Uukkivi , O. Labanova , et al
ISLA — Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia
WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, Volume 17, 14 03 2020, pp. 32–40
DOI: 10.37394/23209.2020.17.4

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Abstract
Although Mathematics is a pillar which many of the subjects of any Engineering degree are based on, and in spite of being used as a tool in almost all of such subjects, it is sometimes difficult for students to assimilate the mathematical concepts. Since this relationship between Engineering and Mathematics is unavoidable, a consortium of universities from different countries is working on a project, EngiMath, to, on the one hand, make it easier for teachers to teach Mathematics in the first years of Engineering degrees; and, on the other hand, to promote study from a “student-centric” point of view. As a previous step to the development of educational material that fulfills these purposes, a study of the students' feelings about Mathematics and their experience in studying them has been carried out.

Keywords

#engineering mathematics #student perceptions of mathematics #Mathematics education #first-year engineering students #student-centered learning #instructional materials development #international university collaboration #Pillar #Point (geometry) #Feeling #Engineering Education #Connected Mathematics

Bibliographic Details

Publication Type Journal article
Publication Year 2020
Journal / Conference / Work WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
ISSN 1790-0832
Volume / Issue Vol. 17
Pagination pp. 32–40
Quartile (SCImago) Q4
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Ana Cláudia Moreira Rodrigues
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Ana Maria Moreira Rodrigues
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Ana Paula Ferreira Fernandes Lopes
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Filomena Maria da Silva Pereira Baptista Soares
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