Pesquisa exploratória sobre uso da internet pelos estudantes de Matemática, Estatística e Informática da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Abstract

his paper analyzes the use of the Internet by students of the Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics courses at the Faculty of Sciences, University Eduardo Mondlane (DMI - UEM) considering the index of users and non-users, place of access to the Internet, average time of use per week, purpose of use, skills of use and most popular services. Subsequently, the barriers that inhibit or hinder the full use of the Internet in the DMI or at the service of the DMI, but in other places, were analyzed, and finally, the improvements found with the adoption of the Internet in the teaching and learning process were analyzed. A questionnaire was given to 207 students. The examination of the collected data allowed us to reach some significant results that indicate that the most used service was the World Wide Web (ww) with the aim of carrying out course work and tasks. With regard to perceived barriers, the following stood out: few computers connected to the Internet, computers with viruses and slowness on the network to obtain data and information. However, with the implementation of the Internet in school research, there were significant improvements in access to updated data and information, in the acquisition of new knowledge, in the ease of carrying out academic tasks, which is reflected in good academic performance.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)