Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norha M. Villegas, Universidad Icesi, Colombia - University of Victoria, Canada; Stephanie Celis Gallego, Universidad Icesi; Ivonne María Suárez, Universidad Icesi; Juliana Jaramillo JJO, Universidad Icesi; Angelica Burbano, Universidad Icesi; Alvaro Pachon, Universidad Icesi; Diego Antonio Bohorquez, Universidad Icesi; Lina Marcela Quintero P.E., Universidad Icesi; Isabel Echeverri, Universidad Icesi; Lady K. Castillo; Cesár Augusto Cuartas Rodríguez, Universidad Icesi

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

as institutions and student families. One important reason for thissituation is that the national education system does not focus on the development of STEMcompetencies. As a result, the motivation of engineering students in mathematics courses iscontinuously hampered because of deficiencies in prerequisites. This paper reports partial resultsfrom a project conducted in collaboration between mathematics and engineering at UniversidadIcesi, in Colombia. The project involves the Algebra and Functions, Linear Algebra, Calculus I,and Probability Theory (Statistics I) courses. The main objective of this project is to supportmathematics instructors in the process of improving student learning, by continuously reflectingon the effectiveness of the