Representación social de la Matemática en estudiantes de ingeniería: un estudio exploratorio en cursos propedéuticos Mathematics social representation in engineering students: an exploratory study in propaedeutic courses

This paper describes the mental representation of Mathematics shared byengineering students in propaedeutic courses. From the theoretical point of view, the social representationsare assumed as a particular form of knowledge thatis expressed in the behaviors and communication among individuals. It has been studied as a process and content, leading to the recognition of stereotypes, opinions, beliefs, values and norms. It is a study of exploratory, quantitative and qualitative type, with an inductive logic, where the structure and content of social representations present in the study are analyzed. The findings listed metaphors used in the symbolic setting of individual explanation of mathematics, assessed the impact of subjectivity in learning, and recorded engineering student’sexpectations in relation to studying mathemati