Descripción

The article presents the results on the perception of the students of the Mechatronics Engineering Program of Mariana University; it also investigates their willingness to study and the factors that influence the motivation for the development of their academic training, for which an instrument is applied that allows the collection of qualitative data, to identify in a general way the relationship of the math and meeting the expectations they had upon entering the program. Later, opinions on mathematical language and its contribution to Mechatronics are observed. Finally, the main elements of intrinsic motivation towards learning mathematics are determined, for which the study takes a convenient sample of 33 students from the fourth and sixth semesters of the aforementioned program. As a result, aspects that strengthen motivation for learning mathematics are identified, which entails questioning different methodological strategies, both for teaching and learning and evaluation, for the continuous improvement of the program, concerning motivational factors such as validation external, cooperativism, teamwork competence, and personal satisfaction.