Knowledge competition: motivating possibility for the teaching and learning of derivatives

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Larissa Hagedorn
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Batistus, Dayse Regina, Colombo, Janecler Aparecida Amorin, Luz, Samoara Viecelli da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática - REnCiMa
• Texto Completo: https://revistapos.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/rencima/article/view/3365
• topic: Ensino Superior; Motivação; Gincana; Derivadas; Higher Education; Motivation; Competition; Derivatives; Enseñanza Superior; Motivación; Yincana; Derivadas

The “derivatives" topic is part of the program of the Calculus 1 discipline in many higher education degrees, being one of the fundamental concepts of Calculus. The difficulties shown by the students in learning how to derive motivated the performance of the “competition of derivatives” held in 2019 at the Federal University of Technology of Paraná, Pato Branco Campus. The event’s purpose was to stimulate students to practice the derivatives. The aim of this article was to researching that motivational aspects are revealed by the students who participated in these competitions. Data were collected from questionnaires answered by the participants. The study had exploratory objective, qualitative approach and was based on the Self-Determination Theory and Playfulness. The answers were analyzed using elements of the Constant Comparative Method. The motivation to learn and the urge for playfulness, intrinsic motivations, were the most mentioned by the respondents. However, the opportunity to improve the grade in Calculus I discipline, extrinsic motivation, also presented a relevant result.