| Summary: | <p>Applied Mathematics appears as a basic subject in the curricula of degree titles within the European Higher Education Area. This fact is not directly or strictly linked to the new structure, but the need to enhance aspects like the teaching in context or to use mathematical modelling to improve educational performance is generally accepted. We present a model of transmission of pests, for students of the first year degree in Environmental Sciences, as a motivating element that also integrates many concepts and topics that are discussed in Linear Algebra in a meaningful environment of mathematics. For the instrumental genesis of the model, the program MatlabQc is used. The actual results obtained in the classroom indicate that the introduction of modelling in the teaching of Applied Mathematics reinforces the perception of students in the sense that mathematics is useful in addressing other disciplines.</p>
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