As dificuldades de alunos da 2ª série do ensino médio no reconhecimento das características de um sólido geométrico

Abstract

This research has as its main aim to identify the difficulties 2nd grade students, in room “D”, from the State Primary and Secondary School Profº Luis Gonzaga Burity have found to point out the basic characteristics of a geometry solid. By presenting a methodological proposition, concerning to pedagogical activities, in order to teach Spatial Geometry to 2nd grade students from the Secondary School. In order to do so, the teacher should adequate it to his/her workday routine, as an additional resource, using it along with the textbook, working with real tools, in individual or group activities, aiming at awakening students’ attention to the theme to be studied, so that students may interact and socialize with one another. For this reason, this work aims at identifying the difficulties 2nd grade students, in room “D”, from the State Primary and Secondary School Profº Luis Gonzaga Burity, situated in Rio Tinto, in the state of Paraiba/Brazil, have found when they have to point out the basic characteristics of a geometry solid, highlighting the importance of manipulating tools to understand the contents of Spatial Geometry in the classroom. As this research is exploratory, using data collecting, it may be considered to be a case study. When it comes to the theoretical background, we used the concepts developed by Pavanello (1993), Bernardi (2011), Baldissera (2014), Passos (2000), among others. During the development of this research we could see that the resources chosen to work with enable and facilitate to explore, in a more dynamic way, the Geometry Solids in the classroom. As perspectives of future pieces of research, we intend to supply elements for the development of new propositions.