Matemática e medicamentos: uma abordagem via modelagem matemática

Abstract

The objective of this work was to investigate the theme of Medications in everyday situations and problematize it with the intention of highlighting possibilities for its approach through Mathematical Modeling activities for the teaching and learning of Mathematics. It is a qualitative, theoretical research in which the strategy used for proposing modeling activities was to start from a relatively recent news about medications and then formulate problems that highlight mathematical content relevant to Elementary School - Upper Grades, High School, and Higher Education. For each of these three levels, a different publication was selected, whose main objects of explored mathematical knowledge were statistics, functions, and hypothesis testing, respectively. To guide the development of each of the proposed activities, a theoretical framework was used according to which a Mathematical Modeling activity consists of an initial situation arising from reality and a final situation resulting from a process composed of the phases of Interaction, Mathematization, Resolution, and Validation. The produced text is directed to current and future Mathematics teachers who aim to explore possibilities for incorporating Mathematical Modeling into their teaching practices.