O uso de jogos no ensino de álgebra: uma experiência nos anos finais do nível fundamental

Abstract

This work main objective was to analyze the potentials and limitations of the games usage in the teaching of Algebra on the finals years of the Elementary School. For that we did a investigatory qualitative research. With the support of our theorical framework, a game envolving elements from the algebra field of knowledge was applied to 8th and 9th grade students of Elementary School on a private education network located in the city of João Pessoa. After the experience with the game in question, a quiz containing open-ended questions related to situations illustrated in the game was applied to all twenty reasearch subjects. The algebraic race game application results pointed that mathematics related games can represent a helping tool in the teaching-learning process of algebra content, facilitating the observation on students learning gaps and dificulties, included arithmetic related issues that can indicate a need to retake ideas and procedures that pose learning obstacles to other contents.