A criatividade de estudantes do 6º ano do ensino fundamental na formulação de problemas em atividade de modelagem matemática

Abstract

This research aims to understand how the creativity of students of the 6th year of Elementary School manifests itself in the formulation of problems when they develop Mathematical Modeling activities and has as theoretical support the Mathematical Modeling in a perspective of Mathematics Education and Creativity in Mathematics in the problem formulation. For this, it seeks to identify evidence of creativity in students' productions and to infer possible associations between the characteristics of Mathematical Modeling activities and the aspects of creativity in the action of formulating problems. In this context, it presents three Mathematical Modeling activities (The preparation of coffee, The evolution of the pregnant belly and The production of Slime) developed with students of three sixth years of Elementary School of a State College located in the North of Paraná. For data collection, five audio recorders and a cell phone were used, with the aim of recording the speeches and gestural expressions of the students, as well as the written records produced by these students during the activities and notes made by the researcher in a field diary. For data analysis, it is based on the assumptions of qualitative research, showing in the productions the aspects of creativity called fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration and the characteristics of a Mathematical Modeling problem. It concludes that Mathematical Modeling activities and, consequently, the action of formulating problems in Modeling, contribute to the manifestation of creativity aspects. Associated with the research, there is the Educational Product entitled “Creativity, Mathematical Modeling and Problem Formulation: Guidelines for Elementary School Teachers”, being a Pedagogical Material intended for Elementary School teachers with the objective of supporting the use of Mathematical Modeling, as a pedagogical alternative, in the classroom, focusing on the expression of creativity in mathematics and problem formulation.