Scagnetti, Olga Etel
(2023-09-19)
metodología investigación-acción donde el docente es el investigador de su propia práctica con el objetivo de mejorar la calidad educativa. A partir de las dimensiones del pensamiento matemático adoptadas, se define un conjunto de indicadores para cada una...
The advancement of science and technology demands that engineers be capable of providing effective and creative solutions to current problems. The importance of developing mathematical thinking during the educational stage equips them with the tools and the ability to reason, reflect, and analyze when solving these issues.
Often, universities inundate students with knowledge without dedicating sufficient time to foster mathematical thinking. This experience aims to promote it. We hope to create situations that require the use of logical-deductive reasoning, heuristic tools, and metacognition, dimensions adopted to identify mathematical thinking following Díaz Lozada (2018). This will enable students to optimize decision-making abilities, draw conclusions from available precedents, possess the ability to argue, employ logical thinking, and exhibit creativity.
This thesis designs, implements, and evaluates a sequence of problems with the goal of promoting the development of mathematical thinking among students pursuing engineering degrees at the Facultad Regional Santa Fe, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional.
The thesis is conducted using the action research methodology, where the teacher is the researcher of their own practice with the aim of improving educational quality. Based on the adopted dimensions of mathematical thinking, a set of indicators is defined for each one, which are relevant for studying students' written and oral productions, as well as the results of their surveys.
The results obtained are elaborated within the body of the thesis, but we observed that the two dimensions most developed by students are logical-deductive reasoning and metacognition. Heuristic tools were underutilized in solving this sequence of applied problems....