Integration of Self-Learning and Assessment Activities Using STACK in a Course of Mathematics in Engineering

• M. A. Castro ^[1] ; F. J. Verdu ^[1] ; P. A. García ^[1] ; A. Sirvent ^[1] ; A. Escapa ^[1] ; J. A. Martínez ^[1] ; F. Rodríguez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat d'Alacant

     Universitat d'Alacant

     Alicante, España

     
• Localización: Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje: IEEE-RITA, ISSN 1932-8540, Vol. 19, Nº. 1, 2024, págs. 315-320
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2024.3487922
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• Resumen

  • This work presents an educational experience developed during the 2022-2023 academic year as part of a project of the “Programa de Redes de investigación en docencia universitaria” (Research Networks Program in University Teaching) of the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE) of the University of Alicante (UA), Spain. It is a continuation of the one developed in the previous academic year, whose goal was to incorporate and evaluate the use of the STACK system as a self-learning and automatic assessment tool for Mathematics contents in Engineering. This work details the actions corresponding to a first-year Mathematics course of the Degree in Biomedical Engineering at the UA, where STACK activities have been fully integrated within the development of the curriculum, both as voluntary learning activities and in the form of activities included in the assessment of the subject. A wide set of tests with STACK questions has been created for all the contents of the course, and tests and exams have been carried out based on STACK, either exclusively or as a complementary tool. The analysis of the degree of use of the system and its relationship with the results obtained in partial tests and exams, as well as the opinions of the students in a survey, show the good reception by the students of having available the type of activities that the STACK system allows, and the positive relationship of having carried out these activities with student’s achievements.

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