TITLE:
A Proposal of Potentially Meaningful Material for Teaching of Vector Mechanics
AUTHORS:
Bruno Nunes Myrrha Ribeiro, Carlos Vitor de Alencar Carvalho
KEYWORDS:
Vector Mechanics, GeoGebra, Meaningful Learning, Potentially Meaningful Teaching Material, Potentially Meaningful Teaching Unit
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.5 No.22,
November
27,
2014
ABSTRACT: This paper presents didactic solutions to the Vector Mechanics subject, which aims to teach the calculation and the representation of the acting forces on a given particle in space. It is about developed and applied activities in GeoGebra software, called potentially meaningful materials. The whole proposal was based on MLT―Meaningful Learning Theory, proposed by David Ausubel, in order to contribute to a more efficient learning in general disciplines of engineering courses.