Exploring and developing a shared understanding of the issues surrounding engineering mathematics

• Autor(a) principal: Bilbao, J.
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Bravo, E., García, O., Rebollar, C., Varela, C., Uukkivi, A., Labanova, O., Latõnina, Marina, Safiulina, E., Cellmer, Anna, Cymerman, Joanna, Kierkosz, Igor, Brown, K., Kelly, G., Paula Lopes, Ana, Baptista Soares, Filomena, Bocanet, V., Rusu, F.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/21162
• topic: Information theory and application; Computer science; Erasmus+ Projects; Educational experiences; Mathematics curricula; Learning objectives; Math skills; Higher education; Web-based education; Engineering educations; Teaching method

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.