Potencialidades da aprendizagem significativa por meio das tendências metodológicas em educação matemática: possíveis caminhos para o ensino e aprendizagem de matemática no 6º ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The research described in this thesis analyzes the potentialities of adopting different methodological tendencies in Mathematics Education to promote meaningful learning in Mathematics in the 6th grade in Elementary School. In this context, the methodological tendencies adopted were Mathematical Modeling, Problem Solving, Games, Technology, and Reading, Writing, and Text Production in Mathematics. The research theme emerged from the performance in the classroom with Basic Education students and from the finding of disinterest and lack of motivation of many students when teaching prioritizes only rules and memorization in a traditional perspective without considering the precepts of Meaningful Learning Theory (MLT). With the aim in sight, interpretive qualitative research of applied nature was developed and adopted as a technique for data collection and action research analysis. The survey was conducted with twenty-five students from the 6th grade in Elementary School at a Public School in Ponta Grossa during the second half of 2019. The results showed that the adoption of different methodological tendencies, one helping the other, considering the precepts of Meaningful Learning Theory to guide teaching practices, promoted representational, conceptual, and propositional learning through integrative reconciliation and progressive differentiation, and provoke more interest in students about the subject of mathematics. This interest, combined with the appreciation of principles of MLT, proved to be the basis for student learning to show signs of being meaningful learning. The research results provided an opportunity for developing a website, as an educational product, collaborate with Basic Education teachers interested in developing practices in the classroom, considering the precepts of the MLT and the methodological trends addressed.