Conhecimento matemático dos discentes ingressantes no curso de Administração (CCJS/UFCG) – turma 2019.1.

Abstract

Mathematics is an important tool for the administration professional, since it is embedded in their daily work. Not dominating it implies compromising the quality of the service provided by the administrator. Faced with this, the importance of mathematics in management courses is highlighted. To this end, the present work has the objective of investigating the deficiencies in the mathematical knowledge formation of the students of the administration course of the Center for Juridical and Social Sciences (CCJS), Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Sousa - PB campus. As a base were used the students entering the period 2019.1. The study consisted of a qualitative and quantitative field research, of an exploratory and descriptive nature, and a questionnaire was used as a data collection tool divided into three parts: socioeconomic profile, objective questions, multiple choice referring to elementary education and and the attitude analysis of the student in relation to mathematics. The collected data were published in tables and quantitatively analyzed as the aid of Excel program using frequency and mean. Finally, the results obtained pointed the factor Self-confidence as a possible factor of deficiency in the mathematical knowledge and the factor Interest with potential for such. With regard to elementary education, it was found that students have more difficulties to interpret problems than to solve direct questions, and that the secondary education was below the student's perception, characterizing a deficiency in learning in mathematics of teaching medium.