Abstract:

In this paper it is presented the desing and the implementation of a collaborative teaching activity in the subject Matemáticas I (IA03) in the first course of Chemistry undergraduate studies at the University Jaume I (Castellón, Spain). The aim of the activity is to learn how to build a model from a given problem, reaching its mathematical formulation (which involves, in an essential way, an ordinary differential equation), discussing all the critical aspects found "on the road" too. The designed activity is an adaptation of the well known Aronson Puzzle Technique (Garcia el all (2005)) that focus on the “equal guiding” between the students. We hope to improve the knowledge of mathematical formulation as well as the collaborative attitudes.

Keywords:

collaborative learning, parallel groups, mathematical modelling, learning.