Aprendendo função afim com a robótica educacional: uma experiência com licenciandos em matemática

Abstract

The present work has as its theme the use of technologies in the teaching of Mathematics, focusing on educational robotics. Its main objective was to provide students of the Informatics Applied to Mathematics course, from the Mathematics Degree course of the Federal University of Paraíba/Campus IV, subsidies for the use of this methodology and the resources related to it, in a pedagogical perspective, which intended to answer the following problem: What are the possibilities that educational robotics could provide to minimize the difficulties encountered by future mathematics teachers when using this didactic resource in classroom, in teaching related function? The methodology used in this work regarding the approach of the problem was qualitative, as the objectives were used exploratory research and, in relation to its technical procedures was used the case study, having as sample 21 students of the previously mentioned course. The data were obtained from the development of three pedagogical workshops, directed to the use of educational robotics in Mathematics classes, specifically in the related function content, where the Arduino electronic board was used through the 2WD robot car kit, as well as the application of an evaluation questionnaire containing five questions, all open and closed. The results showed that the research made possible a greater knowledge about the resources used, since practical experiences were experienced from their use, highlighting their potentialities and contributions to mathematics classes. It is also important to highlight that it is essential to insert these resources during the initial formation of mathematics teachers, since the use of these resources in the classroom can promote to their students a learning environment conducive to research, questioning and abstraction of knowledge Mathematicians.