A Possibility to Reduce Evasion in a Distance Mathematics Degree Course: the GEPAM Proposal

• Autor(a) principal: Noguez Nogueira, Neslei
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Ramos, Rita de Cássia de Souza Soares, Silveira, Denise Nascimento, Silveira, Lúcia Renata dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/1151

The current text is a part of a study about the evasion in EaD, and tells in which way a mediated studying group (Study Group and Research Initiation in Mathematics - GEPAM) can help to decrease the dropout in a Degree in Mathematics via distance learning. For this purpose, it uses the Critical Reading method, analyzing texts published by participants of this group from 2014 to 2018. Initially, the course researched in the context of Distance Education in the country is presented, after, the evasion in Distance Education is discoursed, next, the Critical Reading methodology is presented, and finally, it deals with the dynamics of the researched group, stressing the speeches of the participants regarding their performance in it. The main results pertain to the participation of the students inserted in the groups, promotion of workshops and other activities related to the initiation of teaching and how these aspects affected them to stay in the course. It is concluded that GEPAM promotes through collaboration, the feeling of belonging, the increase of academic performance and the initiation to teaching through didactic workshops to reduce dropout in the poles whose speeches were analyzed. It reaffirms the need to continue projects that involve students in Distance Education, and that studying in groups reduces evasion and increases their performance. Keywords: Mathematical Education. Distance Education. Study group. Evasion.