Actitudes de los estudiantes hacia el uso de un software para el aprendizaje de las matemáticas

Abstract

In this work, we present the analysis of a questionnaire based on a Likert scale by means of which we try to establish the attitudes toward the use of a computer software for the learning of Mathematics, in a group of students that study the First Semester of the General and Basic Studies of the Career of Engineering. We also analyze the influence the fact of having been instructed previously with the Computer Algebra System (CAS) DERIVE can have in their attitudes. From the obtained results, it can be conclude that the knowledge of a CAS influences highly in the attitudes of the students. It is also observed as the students that know a specific software show a highly positive attitude toward their use to learn Mathematics.