Learning and teaching Mathematics through a problem-solving approach in primary education

Abstract

The objective of this article is to determine the factors that limit the application of the approach focused on problem solving in the teaching-learning process of Mathematics at primary level. A descriptive study was applied with a qualitative – quantitative approach and a predominance of the general research method, the dialectical – materialist one, with the use of empirical theoretical and mathematical-statistical methods. The results are several factors that are limiting the application of the problem-centered approach in the teaching-learning process of Mathematics, having as one of the causes the traditionalism of teachers in terms of concepts, methods and forms for dealing with problems and if corroborates that the postgraduate degree offers ways to investigate, innovate and transform educational practices to achieve higher quality in student learning for sustainable development of the university's role in light of the problems that affect society.