Computer Animation to teach interpolation from a modeling perspective

  1. Pla-Castells, Marta
  2. García-Fernández, Ignacio
  3. Gimeno, Jesus
  4. Ferrando, Irene
Revista:
Modelling in Science Education and Learning

ISSN: 1988-3145

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 12

Número: 1

Páginas: 31-46

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.4995/MSEL.2019.10976 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

While mathematics courses are a basic topic in engineering studies, they are often considered as a difficult subject by students. In this work we present a learning experience based on computer animation and using the perspective of mathematical modelling. Our goal is to provide the students with a context that motivates the study of function interpolation. We present a problem statement that is intended to be solved by means of the Modeling Cycle. The development of the activity and the strategies identified during the process are presented and discussed.

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