13. Fedoseyev VM. Involving students in research as a form of integration of engineering with mathematical education

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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.082.020.201601.125-133

INVOLVING STUDENTS IN RESEARCH AS A FORM OF INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERING WITH MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION

Viktor M. Fedoseyev
(professor, Chair of Mathematics, Penza State Techological University (1a/11, Baydukov Dr. / Gagarina St., Penza, Russia), Ph.D. (Engineering), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1249-7259, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Introduction: questions of integration of mathematical with engineering training in educational process of higher education institution are explored. The existing technologies of the integrated training are analyzed, and the project-oriented direction is distinguished. Research involving students as an organisational and methodical form of training bachelors of the technical speciali sations is discussed.

Materials and Methods: results of article are based on researches of tendencies of development of technical and mathematical education, works on the theory and methodology of pedagogical integration, methodology of mathematics and technical science. Methods of historical and pedagogical research, analytical, a method of mathematical modeling were used.

Results: the main content of the paper is to make discussion of experience in developing and using integrated educational tasks in real educational process. Discussion is based on a specific technological assignment including a number of mathematical tasks used as a subject of research for students. In the assignment a special place is allocated to the questions reflecting the interplay of a technical task with a mathematical method of research highlighting the objective significance of mathematics as a method to solve engineering problems.

Discussion and Conclusions: the paper gives reasons to conditions for using research work with students as an organisational and methodical form of integrated training in mathematics. In realisation of educational technology it is logical to apply the method of projects. It is necessary to formulate a task as an engineering project: to set an engineering objective of research, to formulate specifications; to differentiate between engineering and mathematical tasks of the project, to make actual interrelations between them; the mathematical part of the project has to be a body of research; assessment of the project must be carried out not only accounting for the received mathematical results, but also for their practical value.

Keywords: mathematical education; integrated training; method of projects; research work of students; methodological recommendations; circular interpolation spline

For citation: Fedoseyev VM. Involving students in research as a form of integration of engineering with mathematical education. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2016; 1(20):125-133. DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.082.020.201601.125-133

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