APLICACIÓN DE SISTEMA 4MAT EN AMBIENTES DE APRENDIZAJE MIXTO PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DE LA FÍSICA A NIVEL INGENIERÍA

Abstract

Learning styles have permitted a wide inclusion of students in the instructional learning, one of these theories is the 4MAT System, it has been developed by Bernice McCarthy and it is supported by Kolb’s studies of learning styles. This system recognizes four learning styles; these styles are not exclusive between them in fact one person has the four styles but one is the predominant style when the teaching – learning process is presented. Present work shows the results of implementing the 4MAT system on engineering students employing a Blended – Learning (b-Learning) instruction schema, where the Web tools are presented and combined with physical instruction, including the best practices of both learning approaches, getting as a result a better learning process. The 4MAT system is composed of eight steps, these can be adjusted correctly to the b-Learning instruction; we obtain a conceptual gain with relative significance. The topic presented was the first module of Materials Resistance, which covers the basic concepts of stress in prismatic bars that support charges and suffer a longitudinal deformation.