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LOPEZ LAMEZON, Sandra; RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Roberto; AMADOR AGUILAR, Luis Manuel  e  AZCUY LORENZ, Luis Mariano. Social significance of a virtual environment for the teaching and learning of descriptive Statistics in Medicine degree course. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp. 50-63. ISSN 1727-8120.

Science, technology and society studies reveal the interrelations between science and technology as social processes. This article pursues the following objectives: to assess the social significance of a virtual environment in the teaching and learning of descriptive Statistics in Medicine degree course. The preliminary diagnosis through the observation, opinion poll and documentary analysis, showed that there are insufficiencies in the use of Information and Communication technologies in teaching and learning Statistics. It was designed a virtual environment with five modules that include contents of descriptive Statistics, exercises, bibliography and help. With the validation of specialists and the systematization after putting it in practice, the virtual environment was assessed as adequate, useful, necessary and applicable to the context being studied, which contributes to the scientific training of students from a materialistic position.

Palavras-chave : Technology; Descriptive Statistics; Virtual Settings.

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