Modelagem matemática nos livros didáticos do ensino fundamental - anos finais

Abstract

The present work aims to describe how Mathematical Modeling is presented in Elementary School - final years, in one of the volumes of one of the Mathematics collections approved in the Programa Nacional do Livro e do Material Didático of 2022. Through a bibliographical research with a qualitative approach, to investigate the guiding question, a bibliographic survey was carried out on how Mathematical Modeling can be proposed in Elementary School - final years; how it appears in selected textbooks; and finally, activities from the selected textbook were identified that have the potential to trigger a Mathematical Modeling activity in the classroom. In response to the study’s guiding question, it was observed that: Mathematical Modeling can arouse the student’s interest, as it provides contact with everyday situations or reality, thus enabling a greater contribution to mathematical learning in itself and also in other areas of knowledge; Although Mathematical Modeling is present in documents that conduct Elementary School textbooks - final years, in practice, it is not contemplated, appearing only in the Teacher’s Manual as a method of solving applied problems, without any appointment or direction for the student or teacher on how to use it in the classroom; and, finally, it was found that Mathematical Modeling is still little proposed by teachers, as it escapes their “comfort zone”, which are expository class.