Collaborative Learning in the Context of a Mathematical Modeling Activity

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on investigating what presents itself of the collaborative learning when students, in groups, develop a mathematical modeling activity. For that, we analyzed an activity developed by a group of students of a Chemistry Degree course in the discipline of Ordinary Differential Equations. The qualitative analysis of the interpretative nature of the written records, audios, and videos is based on aspects of collaborative learning, namely: interactivity, synchrony in interaction, and negotiation. With that, we could infer that, when students are oriented to work collaboratively, to learn together, to make themselves understood, to hear other voices and negotiate referrals, either to understand and simplify the problematic situation, to mathematize or to determine the solution, we achieve collaborative learning.

Keyword
Mathematical modeling; Collaborative learning; Group work; Interactions; Ordinary Differential Equations