Learning difficulties on pharmacology Concepts for UNAD Students: a characterization and search for alternatives
This issue contributes to the study of “learning difficulties” for students of Regency of Pharmacy Technology, associated with the learning of pharmacology, particularly related to mental capacity (M) of the students and the demand (Z) of the task and others.
This investigation was based on the concepts of learning disabilities, mental capacity of human beings, the demand of the task and issues pertaining to cognitive theory, proposed by Kempa (1991), Johnstone and El-Banna (1986) and Pascual-Leone (1971).
The research was conducted with 15 students of Regency of Pharmacy Technology in the National Open and Distance University, UNAD, who attended during the 2009 - II period, in the course of Pharmacology. Standard instruments were used, as test on figures of intersection, the test of the digits reversed and the test of teaching and learning styles of Grasha - Riechmann.
The results showed no learning difficulties arising from the relationship style of teaching- learning styles, or forceful in what happens with the relation M - Z. Nevertheless, it was found that some students develop strategies to properly address different questions and thus improve their grades. Also, it was found that external and internal factors, different from the relationship M-Z, as possible factors that hinder the learning of pharmacology topics.
