Um estudo sobre os principais erros de alunos do 6° ano na operação de divisão

Abstract

The present work had as general objective to analyze which are the main errors of the 6th year students in the calculation of the division of natural numbers. To achieve the general objective, the following specific objectives were listed: to recognize the methods used by students in solving the division calculation; identify the errors in the resolution of the division operation with natural numbers of the students of the 6th year of Elementary School; elaborate a pedagogical workshop proposal to study the properties of the division and evaluate the potential and limitations of the workshop proposal from the students' point of view. From the methodological point of view, in relation to the objectives, the research was classified as exploratory and descriptive. The technical data collection procedures adopted in the research were characterized as bibliographic and survey. The present research was carried out with students of the 6th year of Elementary School, from a school in the municipal education system located in the city center of Rio Tinto-PB. During our research, a didactic sequence was built for students in the 6th year of elementary school. This sequence has the general objective of enabling skills in the study of numbers and operations (multiplication, division, sum and division) using problem solving and error analysis aimed at for the division, as a possibility of a teaching instrument capable of motivating students to construct mathematical concepts in a meaningful way. As the research is expected, the teacher will analyze the students' mistakes especially in solving problems involving the division.