At educational field, the module is called set of subjects that make up a branch of education in an educational system. “In the examination of the module of pictorial techniques, I did very well.”
Education: subjects that integrate knowledge
An educational module consists of the didactic material that contains all the elements and resources necessary for the learning of concepts and skills.
Resources are all those materials that can be used to transmit teachings, such as books, internet, audiovisual material, and new technologies.
The approval of the module in question will require the student's exposure to an assessment that can be designed in various ways, a traditional written or oral exam, with questions about the topics covered by the module and that will allow the apprehension to be directly and effectively evaluated. of knowledge, or failing that, learning can be assessed through student presentations or projects on the topics covered in the module.
The use of modules in education allows an improvement in terms of the possibilities offered to the student to master and learn a subject in a satisfactory way.
If the module is well planned by the teacher, it will be easy for the student to learn.
Computing: program that has many functions
At the behest of the computing, more precisely in what is inherent to programming, we also find a reference for the word, since the module constitutes a part of a program, that is, any program has several functions and objectives to be fulfilled, while the module is responsible for carrying out one of them.
Architecture and construction: piece or set of pieces that are repeated and fit
For the architecture The module is the measure that will be taken as a basis when constructing a building and that will allow architects to calculate the proportions of the buildings.
The use of this concept is due to the Italian architect Vitruvius who imposed it among the architects of his time during the time of Renaissance.
Now, in any type of construction, the module represents a block of parts that then with its mere presence will make it more regular.
At the request of any type of construction, modules turn out to be a very useful and functional resource since they are characterized by making it simpler and simpler, regular and economical.
Constructions of any type that are thought and executed in modules are much easier to assemble than those that are not, and for case they gain flexibility in terms of assembly, and simplicity in terms of transfer, because of course It will be much easier to move a building in modules than to do it with one that cannot be separated, which will clearly require more sophisticated and expensive logistics.
Another advantage is found at the time of damage to one of the modules because it will not be necessary to repair the whole but it will only be enough to do it with the damaged module.
Meanwhile, every module is an integral part of a system.
It is worth noting that each part is in relation to the rest of the parts.
More uses, in physics, geometry and numismatics ...
On the other hand, in mathematics and physics we also find a reference for this concept.
In the first the module will be the absolute value of a measure and will also allow describing the quantity that is used in certain calculations when having to make comparisons.
And in Geometry the module is extension of a segment that determines a vector.
For its part, physics calls a module equipment used to regulate the amount of water that moves through a canal, pipe, or hole.
In the numismatics, which is that discipline that deals with the study of coin collecting, the word module refers to the diameter of both coins and medals.
