Modeling with free software support and changes in learning processes in mathematics in high school students.

The new curriculum proposed by the Ministry of Education for the Mathematics area explicitly speaks about the ability that students must have to develop models and solve problems with the support of technology. It is in that context that this project seeks to answer the following research question: how do the learning processes and academic performance of the students change under a pedagogical strategy that focuses the modeling with support of mathematical software?, For this purpose a diagnosis will be made on the management and use of software, specifically, in the teaching process learning of mathematics. A pedagogical guide based on the constructive theory of learning and math modeling principles will be designed. The proposal for the Didactic Guide for Mathematical Modeling with the support of educational software for the first year of Baccalaureate of the Republic of Ecuador, will be built collaboratively between the research team and teachers in the area of the project's experimental educational institutions. The methodology used will be quasi experimental, the research will be executed in two educational institutions, Ciudad de Cuenca College and Millennium Paiguara Educational Unit. Each institution will participate with an experimental group of around 100 students and another control in similar conditions. These institutions have been chosen to have teachers willing to collaborate with the project and for acceptance from the zonal coordination. The conclusions reached by the present research will be disseminated through two scientific articles that will pretend to be published in at least an indexed magazine or presented in a congress, which will serve to discuss some opinions in the field of research in mathematical education.

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