As dificuldades de aprendizagem das disciplinas matemáticas nos cursos de gestão empresarial : fatores determinantes segundo o corpo discente

Abstract

This research focus in identifying and analysing the main factors that determine the difficulties in the learning process related process related to mathematical disciplines present in the business graduation programs 20 managers of different areas were interviewed and disclosed "what" is really important of mathematics for the administrator, and their answers based the construction of a questionnaire that, applied to 271 students of two privates education institutions in Sao Paulo, measured the agreement level for each one of the 26 questions. Results (data) were statistically analyzed using multivariate data techniques, specially factor analysis with a computacional tool, SPSS.The results showed six main factors that were named as follow: teaching process unconnected with reality generating monotony, didatics, exclusion by natural aptitude, level of effort needed, class methodology and enviroment. Each factor was analysed according to existent theorical approaches, clarifying that teaching process unconneted with reality is generated by an obsolete class methodology, found in the bulge of an inadequate didatics, as well the students effort in such disciplines is related to their natural aptitude didatics, as well the students effort in such disciplines is related to their natural aptitude to work with them. The enviroment, pointed as an important component for the learning process, is the scenary where all the mentioned factors are lived by the business programs actors. All the factors detected were confirmed as part of the three worse identified problems in the mathematical teach-learning process: teaching imperfections, cognitive disfunctions and enviroment. At the end, some suggestions were made in order to brighten up the mentioned problems.