Teaching Mathematics in Tertiary Education Through Collaborative Work

This paper arises from a study conducted on a new mathematics' course unit of a tertian technological course taught in a polytechnic institute where a learner-centred approach was applied. The design of the constructive pedagogical alignment of the course unit integrated the objectives, contents, assessments and the information obtained in the surveys carried out on students, as well as the training techniques chosen. The collaborative working group was the main active learning process chosen in this application of the learner-centred approach. Challenges, difficulties and benefits from applying this active learning process are considered in this paper. Some outcomes of the academic performance are also presented and discussed.