Softwares educativos e educacionais: possibilidades para o ensino de funções na matemática da educação básica

Abstract

This work aims to evaluate the use of educative and educational software for teaching and learning in math classes, especially in the Function content. Based on ITS objectives, this research is classified as an exploratory one. According to the data collection, information originated from questions with students of the Municipal School Marlene Alves Mendes were used, providing the possibility of a case study with such pupils. The experimental part of the research study was done with students of the 9th grades A and B from that school, located in Pilõezinhos/Pb. So that two activities were built and applied, one involving linear function in GeoGebra and the other involving quadratic function in Excel. After the end of this study we concluded that the use of software in mathematics education provides students greater interaction between them and the content of functions, mainly when we suggest the interpretation and analysis of the behavior of graphics. At the end of each analysis on the two softwares, we conclude that both have limitations and difficulties.