Resumen

RODRIGUEZ GALLEGOS, Ruth  y  QUIROZ RIVERA, Samantha. The Role of Experimentation in Mathematical Modeling. Educ. mat. [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.3, pp.91-110.  Epub 08-Abr-2022. ISSN 2448-8089.  https://doi.org/10.24844/em2803.04.

This research aims at describing the role of experimentation in the design of a mathematics course for engineers, which was based on mathema­tical modeling. The course is Differential Equations (ED), taught in second year in a private institution in Northeast Mexico. The study, in a qualitative approach, shows how experimentation provides significant elements for better understanding the modeling of electrical phenomena by Differential Equations, specifically, the study of electrical circuit Resistor-Capacitor (RC) and their respective study from mathematical and physical point of view through the use of specific technology. The results reveal that the implementation of experimentation in a math class allows the construction, interpretation, and validation of mathematical models by the students themselves, which are proposed in the course in a collaborative way as opposed to traditional teaching of this subject, which it is limited to the presentation of methods to solve ED without any connection to reality.

Palabras llave : Mathematical models; experimentation; Engineering Education; Differential Equations.