Uma análise das contribuições do uso do produto educacional “Caixa de contagem” para auxiliar os alunos dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental no processo de aprendizagem das quatro operações básicas da matemática

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the contributions of using the educational product “Counting box” to help students in early elementary school learn the four basic operations of Mathematics. The aspects addressed in this research involve: teacher training, difficulty of students in the early elementary school years in learning Mathematics, particularly the learning disorder known as Dyscalculia, the four basic operations of Mathematics and manipulative materials. The nature of the research is applied, with a qualitative approach. Data collection involved teachers in the early years of two municipal public schools in northern Paraná. The data collection instrument was structured questionnaires in Google Forms; qualitative analytical analysis was used to interpret them. In the teachers’ view, the results showed that the proposed educational product provides accessible material due to the use of recyclable materials and can contribute to the teaching and learning process of students with difficulties in the four basic operations of Mathematics.