Objetos de aprendizagem com feedbacks para a autorregulação da aprendizagem de conceitos matemáticos necessários para o cálculo diferencial e integral

Abstract

Due to the high failure rates in Engineering courses, it is of fundamental importance to seek alternatives that minimize the difficulties that students entering Brazilian universities, particularly UTFPR, present in mathematics subjects. An alternative is the use of Learning Objects (LO) that enable awareness of mistakes made in order to encourage the ability to formulate hypotheses and solve problem situations, aspects that are fundamental for self-regulation of learning. Therefore, the objective of this work is to design an LO that offers immediate feedback that can be used for self-regulation of learning, in terms of Mathematics concepts necessary for Differential and Integral Calculus 1 (DIC 1). This LO was implemented in a version of the FARMA platform, called FARMA -Calc. To develop the research, the methodology based on Design Science Research - DSR was used. In the first phase, following the guidelines of the DSR model, we sought to present the relevance of the problem and the artifact design proposal (LO), as well as a first stage of evaluation of this design. In a second phase, the complete version of the LO was implemented, for application and evaluation with a group of students beginning in DIC 1. This complete version of the LO is made up of a set of 20 questions with feedback, defined based on studies on the Pre-Calculus assessment instruments, especially the Calculus Concept Readiness (CCR) and the Mathematics knowledge strata. Finally, the LO was subjected to a final evaluation with three DIC 1 classes. The results obtained indicate a high level of receptivity on the part of students in relation to the LO and its potential as an instrument for self-regulation in learning Pre-Calculus concepts. As a result, this research offers this LO in the form of an educational product, called FARMA-Calc, with the potential to help students with their difficulties in Mathematics concepts necessary for learning DIC 1.