CASE METHOD. ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGY TO ACQUIRE SIGNIFICANT IN CHEMISTRY

Autor: Clotilde Pizarro, Oscar Maltés, Mauricio Díaz, Manuel Vargas, María A. Peralta
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Avances en Ciencias e Ingeniería, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 53-60 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0718-8706
Popis: In this paper the methodology of cases in first year students of the Engineering Risk Prevention and Environment is applied. For this purpose a real case of contamination occurred at a school in the region of Valparaiso called "La Greda" is presented. If the application starts delivering an extract of the information collected from the media and they made a brief induction on the methodology to be applied. A plenary session, which is debate about possible solutions to the problem and establishing a relationship between the case and drives the chemistry program is then performed. Is concluded that the application of the case method, was a fruitful tool in yields obtained by students, since the percentage of approval was 75%, which is considerably higher than previous years.
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