Experimentação de conceitos da análise combinatória na prática durante o Ensino Fundamental

Abstract

This work presents a case study, with a qualitative approach, whose objective is to enable Elementary School students to experiment with combinatorial analysis concepts in practice. Based on authors who deal with the use of concrete materials, use of experiments available in science and technology museums and articulation with Children's Literature in the teaching of Mathematics, a teaching proposal on combinatorial analysis was carried out with three classes of 8th grade of Elementary School of a public school in the municipal education network of Alvorada, Rio Grande do Sul. As a data collection instrument, in addition to the researcher teacher's observations, a questionnaire containing open questions about the pedagogical practices carried out was also applied, answered by the students who participated in the study. From the data analysis, it is possible to conclude that most students appreciated the teaching proposal, especially the pedagogical activities involving the use of concrete materials with tactile and visual appeal and that, through the use of these resources, they are able to perceive a multiplicity of concepts about combinatorial analysis during the resolution of problem situations involving this content.