¿Entienden los alumnos nuestros apuntes? Reflexiones sobre el conocimiento de la terminología matemática

Abstract

In this paper ⁽¹⁾ presents the results of a test carried out with students in the first year of the degree in Industrial Technologies at Polytechnic University of Cartagena (enrolled in the subject of Mathematics II; in the second semester), and in which they have been asked to identify certain mathematical symbols, as well as translating and interpreting certain mathematical expressions into colloquial language, and vice versa. The results of the study are quite discouraging. This paper also reflects on the importance of knowledge and the correct interpretation of mathematical symbols for successfully passing our mathematics subjects, and how, with certain actions, we can enhance the knowledge and use of mathematical language among our students, trying to overcome, as far as possible, the shortcomings that students who have just joined the university have on this subject.