Methodologies in the teaching of the derivative: URACCAN-Nueva Guinea

  • William Oswaldo Flores López Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1016-1620
  • María Jesús Salinas Portugal Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Keywords: Methodology, Business Administration, Social context, Perfomance, Teaching and learning of the derivative, Financial Mathematics

Abstract

This research describesthe methodology that is been used byteachers of URACCAN-Nueva Guinea,in the teachingand learning of the derivatives with students of Business Administration, and how this educational methodologyinfluences the performanceof "Financial Mathematics" as a subject. In this case-study twomathematics teachers participated; the data wereobtained througha questionnaire andopen interviews, as well as a surveythat was providedto the studentsin whichtheyrequestedinformation related to the methodologicalprocesses in the classroom. The analysis was developed based on the systemic networks and the results demonstrated significant differences in addressing the content. The comparative results favor students, due to the fact that they were provided with training classes related to the derivative with pertinence to the social context; and as for the teacher who teaches the derivative from a traditional perspective, it was evident the low grades of the students.

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Author Biographies

William Oswaldo Flores López, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Máster en Investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Matemática. Oficial de programa de la Dirección de Cooperación Externa de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense.

María Jesús Salinas Portugal, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Doctora en Investigación en Didáctica de las Matemáticas. Profesora Titular de la Escuela Universitaria de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.

Published
2013-07-01
How to Cite
Flores López, W., & Salinas Portugal, M. (2013). Methodologies in the teaching of the derivative: URACCAN-Nueva Guinea. Science and Interculturality, 12(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5377/rci.v12i1.1215
Section
Higher Education in the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast

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