Aprendizaje colaborativo en Teoría de Estructuras

Resumen

This paper presents an example of implementation of a collaborative learning model in the subject of Theory of Structures and Industrial Constructions, with easy application to other areas of engineering. The objective pursued with this project is to obtain a positive exploitation of the student's work out of the classroom, besides looking for the interaction between the students to achieve common learning goals. Throughout the development of the course, the students have carried out a series of workshops, in which they have proposed statements of problems related to the Subject. They have solved them in groups of 2 or 3 students and have corrected these problems through a peer review proccess. In this way, the collection of solved exercises available to the student increases in each course, according to the level of the Subject. In general, the project has been positively earned by the students with a positive impact on the students' learning. Likewise, It has been observed that the students followed up the subjectd constantly, which has been revealed by a high increase of the use of tutoring hours during the course.