Pensamiento matemático en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

This research was conducted with 190 first semester students who studied the art of mathematics I, in the career of Business Administration Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS). Through a survey, some sociodemographic characteristics of the population were identified by determining the formal thought through Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT) Tobin and Capie and academic performance through the first preliminary note. The results indicate that among students concrete thinking predominates and not the existence of a relationship with academic performance is observed, as this may be affected by other factors that have not been considered in this research. Investigations of other influential factors on academic performance are proposed.

Keywords

• mathematical thinking
• formal thinking
• cognitive development