Atividade investigativa e colaborativa como estratégia para o estudo dos Poliedros de Platão

Abstract

The investigation for new teaching methodologies has been the purpose of many researches in the field of education. Traditional teaching as the only option, based on lectures and theory, is no longer effective for the demands of school teaching, requiring other teaching methodologies to complement it. Investigative learning aims to develop students' critical thinking, communication, creativity and innovation, encouraging them to question, think and discuss issues in the classroom. In mathematics, one of the most complex and difficult contents to understand is Geometry. Therefore, investigative teaching, combined with collaborative learning, where students become protagonists of knowledge and, in groups, with a common objective, develop a proposed activity, can contribute to students acquiring skills so that this subject, in especially Spatial Geometry and Plato's Polyhedra, become simpler and more attractive. The objective of this work is to analyze how the use of investigative and collaborative learning elements can be a teaching methodology to motivate and interest students in their learning. For this, a teaching practice was developed, involving Plato's Polyhedrons, with students of the third year of high school, from Escola Estadual de Ensino Médio Morada do Vale I - CIEP. Data analysis was carried out through qualitative analysis and collaborated with the proposed objectives. The interest, motivation and understanding of the students, throughout the development of the activity, allows us to conclude that the use of investigative and collaborative learning elements were effective methodologies in the developed practice.