Abstract

MONZON, Graciela S.  and  DI PAOLO, José. Physics I: the opportune space and time to develop students capabilities at the first course of Engineering. Cienc. docencia tecnol. [online]. 2008, n.36, pp.43-57. ISSN 1851-1716.

To obtain significant learning of Physics in the first year of Bioengineering, we are offering students a weekly lesson on Colloquy, in which we encourage continuous self evaluation of the comprehension of the contents of Mechanics and we challenge them to justify their answers, overcoming the limitations natural of their age and previous academic preparation. Colloquy lessons constitute a link between theory and practice and are based on guides that include selected and organized issues. The increasing percentage of students attending the course and the level of passing grades in the final exams (based on the colloquy guides) are encouraging. That is the reason why we believe that Colloquy lessons strongly contribute to the development of basic skills like reading comprehension, coherent writing and oral expression. At the same time, mental skills such as description, interpretation and reasoning are also fostered.

Keywords : Physics teaching; Undergraduate level; Capabilities; Colloquy lessons; University student retention.

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