The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis

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Autor(a) principal: Soares, Débora da Silva
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Borba, Marcelo C. [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11858-013-0568-5
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/167800
Resumo: We discuss some results of a study carried out over the past 4 years to investigate the role of Modellus, a software package, in the development of an approach to teaching calculus for Biology majors. The central idea of the teaching approach is to propose the analysis of a mathematical model for a biological phenomenon at the very beginning of the course, in a way that this analysis is interrelated with some of the mathematical concepts listed in the syllabus. In this paper, we focus on the role of the software during the development of one of the activities proposed to the students, the purpose of which was to discuss the relation between secant lines and the instantaneous rate of change. It was found that this software played two roles in the development of this activity: providing information about the phenomenon and the model; and acting as a trigger, making evident to the student an important aspect that contributed to his understanding. Based on our theoretical perspective of digital technology, we believe that students’ interaction with the software played a fundamental role in the thinking collective composed of humans and media involved in mathematical learning.
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spelling The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysisDigital technologyMathematical modelingMathematics educationWe discuss some results of a study carried out over the past 4 years to investigate the role of Modellus, a software package, in the development of an approach to teaching calculus for Biology majors. The central idea of the teaching approach is to propose the analysis of a mathematical model for a biological phenomenon at the very beginning of the course, in a way that this analysis is interrelated with some of the mathematical concepts listed in the syllabus. In this paper, we focus on the role of the software during the development of one of the activities proposed to the students, the purpose of which was to discuss the relation between secant lines and the instantaneous rate of change. It was found that this software played two roles in the development of this activity: providing information about the phenomenon and the model; and acting as a trigger, making evident to the student an important aspect that contributed to his understanding. Based on our theoretical perspective of digital technology, we believe that students’ interaction with the software played a fundamental role in the thinking collective composed of humans and media involved in mathematical learning.Pure and Applied Mathematics Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500-Prédio 43-111, AgronomiaGPIMEM, Graduate Program in Mathematics Education, Mathematics Department, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela VistaGPIMEM, Graduate Program in Mathematics Education, Mathematics Department, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bela VistaPure and Applied Mathematics Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGSUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Soares, Débora da SilvaBorba, Marcelo C. [UNESP]2018-12-11T16:38:23Z2018-12-11T16:38:23Z2014-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article575-587application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11858-013-0568-5ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education, v. 46, n. 4, p. 575-587, 2014.1863-97041863-9690http://hdl.handle.net/11449/16780010.1007/s11858-013-0568-52-s2.0-849263866422-s2.0-84926386642.pdfScopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education0,7810,781info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-11-22T06:13:07Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/167800Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T18:24:36.129726Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
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title The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis
spellingShingle The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis
Soares, Débora da Silva
Digital technology
Mathematical modeling
Mathematics education
title_short The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis
title_full The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis
title_fullStr The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis
title_full_unstemmed The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis
title_sort The role of software Modellus in a teaching approach based on model analysis
author Soares, Débora da Silva
author_facet Soares, Débora da Silva
Borba, Marcelo C. [UNESP]
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author2 Borba, Marcelo C. [UNESP]
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Pure and Applied Mathematics Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Soares, Débora da Silva
Borba, Marcelo C. [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Digital technology
Mathematical modeling
Mathematics education
topic Digital technology
Mathematical modeling
Mathematics education
description We discuss some results of a study carried out over the past 4 years to investigate the role of Modellus, a software package, in the development of an approach to teaching calculus for Biology majors. The central idea of the teaching approach is to propose the analysis of a mathematical model for a biological phenomenon at the very beginning of the course, in a way that this analysis is interrelated with some of the mathematical concepts listed in the syllabus. In this paper, we focus on the role of the software during the development of one of the activities proposed to the students, the purpose of which was to discuss the relation between secant lines and the instantaneous rate of change. It was found that this software played two roles in the development of this activity: providing information about the phenomenon and the model; and acting as a trigger, making evident to the student an important aspect that contributed to his understanding. Based on our theoretical perspective of digital technology, we believe that students’ interaction with the software played a fundamental role in the thinking collective composed of humans and media involved in mathematical learning.
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