MATHEMATICAL MODELING INVOLVING INTEGRAL CALCULATION ACTIVITIES

• Main Author: Carvalho, Daniel Santos de
• Publication Date: 2018
• Other Authors: Cangussu, Everton Soares, Oliveira, Lúcia Helena Soares de
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista Reamec
• Download full: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/7722
• topic: Modeling; Mathematics; Education; Modelagem; Matemática; Educação

The Mathematical Modeling developed in Mathematical Education has its origin in Applied Mathematics and has been presented in Brazilian research with different conceptions. This article aims to understand the contribution of using Mathematical Modeling in Integral Calculation activities applied to a group of students in the Calculus II class of the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering course at the Federal Institute of Maranhão - Campus Imperatriz. The research had a qualitative approach, as it analyzed the material produced by the group of students in audio recordings during the development of the activities and the participant observation of the researcher professor. The results found show that the use of Mathematical Modeling in the third conception presented in the work of Klüber (2009) contributes to the learning of the concepts of integral calculus, since this experience makes it possible to visualize everyday applications.