Mathematical modelling and simulation of the pendulum physical system in mathematical learning

• Autor(a) principal: Magalhães, José
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Viseu, Floriano, Martins, Paula Mendes
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/80526
• topic: Learning; PBL; CDIO; Simulation; Modeling; Mathematics; GeoGebra; Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação

In the CDIO model and EUR-ACE certification, project development experiences providing team activities are foreseen since the 1st year of engineering courses. In order to evaluate the contribution of PBL activities in the learning of mathematical content, a multidisciplinary project was carried out in an engineering degree at School of the Porto Polytechnic (ISEP), which involved the construction and simulation based on the physical model of the concept of pendulum. To understand the meaning of the PBL task in the learning of mathematical contents from the students' perspective, we adopted a qualitative approach, collecting data from reports written by the students and their public oral presentations. We present the stages of the task development, the results obtained by the students and their perceptions of the PBL accomplishment. The results indicate that students recognize the usefulness of carrying out projects in their academic training and to prepare professional future.