O ensino de frações nos trabalhos dos professores do programa de desenvolvimento educacional

Abstract

This research has as general objective to do a mapping of didactic productions related to fractions developed by the teachers participating in the Educational Development Program (PDE). This objective is justified by the difficulties encountered in teaching and learning fractions. Through a survey of the SEED (State of Paraná Department of Education) database, the works produced in the PDE were selected, whose research focus involves fractions content, verifying the methodological strategies used, which the meaning of fraction emphasized, if there were preoccupations with domain of algorithms or learning of concepts, if they involve relations of the content of fractions with other content, with the everyday or other areas of knowledge. It is concluded that teachers, authors of productions, have sought, through various teaching methodologies, to approach contents aiming at a better learning for students, worrying about the mastery of concepts, however, there are still teachers who persist in approaches of a technical and algorithmized form, presenting difficulties in establishing daily relation with the fractions. It is also noticed in the productions strong influence of the approaches given to the subject by the didactic books.