Percepção dos docentes de matemática e dos estudantes da Faculdade de engenharias da UEM residentes nas residências universitárias, sobre o ensino da matemática

Abstract

The present study addresses the perceptions of Mathematics teachers and students of the Faculty of Engineering of UEM - FEUEM residing in the University Residences, about the teaching of Mathematics (Mathematical Analysis I, II and III, Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry, Probability and Statistical Methods and Numerical Methods), in that Faculty. It begins with Chapter I, referring to introduction, objectives and literature review where Dienes' main assumptions are summarized, in order to improve educational quality, the general description of what the present study intends, added to the fundamental problem in that Faculty and the objectives to be achieved with that study. In Chapter II, the material used and the description of the methodology are listed. Regarding methodology, the interview script (Annex V) and the Likert-type attitude questionnaires (which facilitates the qualitative study) for the professors and students, Annexes II and III respectively, were used for the collection of information. Chapter III, which refers to the analysis and discussion of the results, basically explains the tabulation of the surveys from a database that was built in SPSS 11.0, the analysis of the answers of the respondents is made from SPSS "reports", interviews with the Head of Department of General Chairs and the Course Directors and, finally, the results analyzed are discussed by crossing and triangulating them in order to ascertain the perception of each of the intervening parties. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)