The History of Mathematics as educational resource: perceptions of students of Basic Education

• Autor(a) principal: Lara, Isabel Cristina Machado de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática - REnCiMa
• Texto Completo: https://revistapos.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/rencima/article/view/1058
• topic: História da Matemática; Aprendizagem; Recurso pedagógico; Formação inicial; Formação continuada; History of Mathematics; Learning; Feaching resource; Initial training; Continuing education

This article presents a study developed about the use of history of mathematics as an educational resource. The aim is to verify the perception of students of Basic Education about the contributions of this resource for learning math. The research subjects were four teachers of mathematics who work in public schools of the city of Porto Alegre, 20 undergraduate students of Licentiate course in Mathematics members of the “Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à docência”- PIBID and 180 students of Basic Education. Therefore, teachers and future teachers developed projects and implemented in each school. Upon project completion, the students answered a questionnaire, subsequently analyzed by “Discursive Textual Analysis”. Shows that the use of history of mathematics, in the perception of students, favors the knowledge of the origin and evolution of mathematics, deepens your knowledge, makes it more effective learning and shows a relationship between different disciplines.