Uma contribuição para mitigar as dificuldades dos alunos do 6º ano acerca da Resolução de Problemas que envolvem divisão

Abstract

This work had the general objective to analyze the difficulties of the students on the content of division and to propose the use of Problem Solving as a teaching methodology that contributes to the teaching process and the learning of these students. The study was developed with the 6th grade students of the Getúlio Vargas State School of Primary Education in the city of Lagoa de Dentro/PB. The methodology used for the development of the research in relation to the objectives is characterized as exploratory and descriptive. The technical procedures used are characterized as bibliographic research and case study, with the purpose of presenting a study on the content of division from the use of problem solving. The research had a bibliographic character because it was based on existing studies in this line of reasoning, thus taking as reference the National Curricular Parameters (PCN) for 3rd and 4th cycles of Elementary Education, The Curricular Frameworks of Elementary Education of the State of Paraíba, besides the mathematicians George Polya and Onuchic. Regarding the method of approach, it is characterized as a qualitative and quantitative research. And according to the instruments used in the data collection of the research were the activities carried out in the Pedagogical Workshop with a list of problems and a diagnostic questionnaire, containing 15 closed questions related to the proposed study. Through the results, it was observed that students feel very difficult when interpreting problems, specifically problems of division. However, the data obtained through the application of the questionnaire and the problems allow us to state that according to the opinion of the great majority of the students, the methodology proposed is effective with regard to the suggested study.