Teaching Differential Equations: concepts and applications

A multidisciplinary group of investigators and professors of different fields, from technologies of education to engineering, has been linked in order to understand the sequential way how the differential equations are taught. Starting with the introduction of the derivative concept, in the secondary level, till the numerical solution of differential equations, at the university, without forgetting the analytical solution of the equations, it allows a reflection on the learning processes. This reflection will permit to establish the bridge between the secondary and the university. In the present work, it was intended to identify the difficulties felt in the teaching/learning process in this particular area, identifying the informatics applications that are used and how, in a way that can improve students ’ motivation. I