O uso de jogos no ensino de números inteiros em uma turma do 7º ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The use of games as a didactic resource for teaching mathematics has been the subject of much discussion and research. Because we consider the relevance of this topic and because we observe the effectiveness of games in facilitating students' understanding of mathematical content, we took this as the topic of our research. Thus, we set out as a general objective to analyze the use of games to teach integers in a 7th year elementary school class. This way it will be possible to identify the playful, fun and pleasurable character typical of games, but in this case, aiming to understand the contents of integers. In this aspect, it was decided to use games as a teaching resource due to their ability to promote social interaction, teamwork, development of critical thinking, ease of exploring complex concepts, playfulness and the development of cognitive skills. The research itself is an exploratory, bibliographical research carried out with students in the 7th year of elementary school at a municipal school in the city of Taperoá in Paraíba. We can say that it was possible to verify that during the games the students interacted a lot in the search for strategies to solve problems about integers and, also, that it was easier to understand negative numbers and the rules of signs through the use of games.