TUTORIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM PRE-CALCULUS COURSE - PET CIENCIA AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INSERTION OF STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMIC CONTEXT/CURSO DE PRE-CALCULO DO PROGRAMA DE EDUCACAO TUTORIAL - PET CIENCIA DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE ALFENAS: CONTRIBUICOES PARA A INSERCAO DE DISCENTES NO CONTEXTO ACADEMICO

• Published in: Holos (Natal, RN) RN), 2023-12, Vol.2023 (7), p.1
• Main Authors: Marcondes, P.V.C, Ferreira, R.S, Marques, A.G.S, Imperador, A.M, Madureira, T.S, Vianna, M.V.B, Dutra, I.C
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Subjects: Education; Methods; Students
• ISSN: 1518-1634
• DOI: 10.15628/holos.2023.10620

The evasion rate observed in several universities in Brazil is also a fact at UNIFAL - MG. Although there are no studies on this, students at the Pocos de Caldas Campus observed that the dropout of students in the Interdisciplinary Bachelor's Degree in Science and Technology was concentrated in the first periods and was generally related to difficulty in subjects such as Functions of a Variable (Calculus I). Therefore, PET Ciencia developed a mini-course to help and level students' knowledge. This work aims to publicize the structure of this mini-course, offered twice so far by the petians. It is noted that there was a decrease in the number of registrants from one edition to another, but we observed a higher approval rate. Improvements were made to the material and a better distribution of the content taught, in addition to improving dissemination on campus. Therefore, replicating the project in other universities can improve the basic understanding of mathematics.