DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14483/22484728.15165Published:
2019-07-26Issue:
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2019)Section:
A Current VisionMeanings that engineering students confer to the antiderivative
Significados que los estudiantes de ingeniería confieren a la antiderivada
Keywords:
Antiderivative, Engineering students, Meaning, Onto-Semiotic Approach (en).Keywords:
Antiderivada, Estudiantes de ingeniería, Significado, Enfoque Ontosemiótico (es).Downloads
Abstract (en)
In this article, are presented the results of a questionnaire designed to evaluate college students’ understanding of the antiderivative. Specifically, by civil engineering students when answering the questionnaire tasks, in order to identify and characterize the meanings on the antiderivative that are developed by them. In order to analyse the answers given, were used some theoretical and methodological notions provided by the theoretical model known as the Onto-Semiotic Approach (OSA) of mathematics cognition and instruction. The results show the knowledge of antiderivative by the Civil Engineering students. Furthermore, the comparison between the mathematical activity of students provides information that allows concluding that the meanings that they mobilized might be shared among their communities
Abstract (es)
En este artículo, se presentan los resultados de un cuestionario diseñado para evaluar la comprensión de los estudiantes universitarios de la antiderivada. Específicamente, por estudiantes de ingeniería civil al responder las tareas del cuestionario, con el fin de identificar y caracterizar los significados sobre la antiderivada que son movilizados por ellos. Para analizar las respuestas dadas, utilizamos algunas nociones teóricas y metodológicas proporcionadas por el modelo teórico conocido como Enfoque Ontosemiótico (EOS) del conocimiento y la instrucción matemática. Los resultados muestran el conocimiento de la antiderivada por parte de los estudiantes de Ingeniería Civil. Además, la comparación entre la actividad matemática de los estudiantes proporciona información que permite concluir que los significados que movilizaron podrían compartirse entre sus comunidades
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