Guía didáctica para el aprendizaje de funciones cuadráticas a través de la modelización matemática

Abstract

Mathematical modeling in education has proven to be very helpful in achieving significant learning in students; even so, its application by teachers is still limited, even though the Ecuadorian curriculum itself mentions mathematical modeling as part of the skills within the area of mathematics. Mathematical modeling allows students to connect with real life, with the environment in which they develop, which allows them to understand the true importance of mathematics in society. For this reason, the present work develops a theoretical framework about the mentioned topic, what it consists of, cycles, approaches, and the importance of these activities for meaningful learning. In addition, through a quantitative content analysis, the different activities carried out by the students are analyzed, to know the presence or absence of mathematical modeling. Modeling is used to represent a phenomenon or event in real life through a mathematical model, said model can be a quadratic function, which represents great importance in society, so it is necessary that this topic is understood in a significant way in the students. For these reasons, with the research carried out, a didactic guide is proposed to help students in the subject of quadratic functions through mathematical modeling.