Measuring the quality of the blended learning approach to teaching computational sciences

Abstract

Teaching models are a very interesting area of study that can be applied to any science. Finding the best way to transfer knowledge to students, so that they internalize it and can successfully transfer it to the field, is key to the country building. This article measures the quality of a teaching model that can be applied in physics or engineering, which requires a correct theoretical foundation before addressing practical elements. Blended learning is an approach to education that combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online with traditional place-based classroom methods. This model was applied in agile software architectures course and measured through an anonymous survey of students in software architecture, who were enrolled for the periods 2015-2018. The results showed that 39.7% of the respondents considered that they learned better compared to face-to-face courses.