O rendimento em Física é afetado pela Matemática? um estudo de caso

Abstract

In order to identify the main problems faced by professionals in the teaching of physics in the teaching-learning process, this study sought to determine whether there is another factor responsible for the low performance of students in this discipline, known to be difficult and unattractive to many students. As the mathematical language is present in the physical laws, there is between mathematics and physics a relationship of great intimacy to the point of being confused by many students. So we choose whether such low income, physical discipline, it should not, at least in part to difficulties in mathematics, although we are aware that the ability to interpret texts, is also extremely important for understanding a physical problem. To check what has been proposed in this study, we applied two diagnostic tests for 42 students of the 3rd high school grade of a professional school of the city of Itaitinga-CE. The students were randomly selected from three different classes who had studied the same content, the principles of electrostatics (electric charge, elementary charge, electrification processes, electroscopes and Coulomb's law). In the 1st test, emphasis was given to mathematics, with the presentation of physical problem situations. In the 2nd test, emphasis was given to the phenomena and physical concepts. The results of these tests were compared and it was proven that students had better performance in the 2nd test, in which mathematics was abolished.