TY - CHAP
T1 - Models and Modelling in an Integrated Physics and Mathematics Course
AU - Domínguez, Angeles
AU - de la Garza, Jorge
AU - Zavala, Genaro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This is an on-going study of an integrated first-year engineering course of mathematics and physics using models and modelling instruction. This innovation involves: redesigning the course content, combining teaching strategies, reshaping the classroom setting, and the use of technology. The experimental course was taught at a large private university in northern Mexico. This study analyses the students’ final projects of this integrated course. The general comments made by the students were positive and affirmed this as a valuable learning experience. Students noted that the course reduced boundaries between physics and mathematics, helping them to better understand the application and need for the mathematics content.
AB - This is an on-going study of an integrated first-year engineering course of mathematics and physics using models and modelling instruction. This innovation involves: redesigning the course content, combining teaching strategies, reshaping the classroom setting, and the use of technology. The experimental course was taught at a large private university in northern Mexico. This study analyses the students’ final projects of this integrated course. The general comments made by the students were positive and affirmed this as a valuable learning experience. Students noted that the course reduced boundaries between physics and mathematics, helping them to better understand the application and need for the mathematics content.
KW - Construct Process Models
KW - First-year Engineering Students
KW - Kinetic Friction Coefficient
KW - Large Private University
KW - Semester Calculus Course
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983328413&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-18272-8_43
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-18272-8_43
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84983328413
T3 - International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling
SP - 513
EP - 522
BT - International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -