Encouraging Students’ Motivation and Involvement in STEM Degrees by the Execution of Real Applications in Mathematical Subjects: The Population Migration Problem

• Published in: Mathematics (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 8; p. 1228
• Main Authors: López-Díaz, María Teresa, Peña, Marta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Academic disciplines; Calculus; Careers; City centres; College students; Critical thinking; Eigenvalues; engineering; Engineering education; Industrial engineering; Learning; Linear algebra; Mathematical analysis; mathematics; Mathematics education; Migration; Population; population migration; Problem solving; Questionnaires; Science education; Seminars; STEM; STEM education; STEM professions; Students; students’ motivation; Suburban areas; Teaching; Technical education; Technology education

This paper presents a simplified model of the population migration problem, addressed to first-year engineering students in order to show them the use of linear algebra tools. The study consists of predicting the census in the city centre and in the suburbs, determining the city population equilibri...