Development of Interactive Materials by Engineering Students Using the Descartes Applets.

In a degree course such as Forestry Engineering, the general teaching objectives consist of explaining and helping students to understand the principles of Mechanics. For some time now we have encountered significant difficulties in teaching this subject due to the students' lack of motivation and to their insufficient prior preparation for the topic. If we add to this the discipline's inherent complexity and the students' preconceptions about the subject, these teaching difficulties become considerable. For this reason a series of didactic activities have been introduced sequentially in the teaching of this subject. This work describes the methodology, procedure and results for the action of developing a work project in groups using Descartes software. The results of this experiment can be considered very positive. Some of the critical preconceptions for learning the subject can be corrected, and the tutoring process in the classroom contributes to an improvement in teacherstudent communication. Since this scheme was established, the number of students taking part each academic year has increased, and this is the group with the greatest percentage of passing scores.

La luz y la creación de ilusiones espaciales

La revista El Genio Maligno (de René Descartes), es una revista de humanidades y ciencias sociales que se publica semestralmente y está indexada en DICE, Latindex y Dialnet. El texto que aquí se presenta estudia el uso de la luz como herramienta para conseguir una ESTRUCTURA ILUSORIA, centrándose en la Cúpula de l aCapilla del Bosque de Erik Gunnar Asplund, una cúpula de percepción difusa, suspendida en el aire por la luz.

El espacio infinito

Estudio del espacio infinito y de estructuras arquitectónicas capaces de configurar un espacio aparentemente infinito. Investigación realizada dentro del curso de doctorado impartido por el profesor Félix Ruíz de la Puerta