The Game of Dominoes as Teaching-learning Method of Basic Concepts of Differential Calculus

This paper will present teaching-learning mathematics strategies, specifically differential calculus in a variable, through a fun and competitive space in which action is manifested by the student and not only the repetition of information by the teacher. This action refers to motivate, problematise, summarise, and coordinate a dominoes game whose thematic cards are designed around the basic and main contents of differential calculus. The strategies for teaching this area are diverse and precisely the game of dominoes is one of the most used strategies in the practice of mathematics because it stimulates logical reasoning and mental skills. The objective is to identify the way in which the game of dominoes affects the learning and understanding of fundamental concepts of differential calculus in a variable by means of experimentation carried out on students of the first semester of the School of Engineering and Sciences of Technological of Monterrey. Finally, the results of this study will be presented and the use of this strategy in other topics around mathematics will be recommended to facilitate logical and meaningful learning in students.