O ENSINO DESENVOLVIMENTAL E A APRENDIZAGEM DE MATEMÁTICA NA PRIMEIRA FASE DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

Abstract

The following project integrates into the Research Group of Historic-Cultural Theory and pedagogical activities of the activities of the Education Theory and Pedagogical Process Research Center from the post-graduation program of the Catholic University of Goiás. The research has as object of work the teaching of mathematics for the elementary stages. It came out from the thought that the difficulties of learning mathematics are due to a variety of factors, especially the bad standard of teaching in use nowadays. Therefore, the main point of the research is: How can the teaching of math be developed so that it assures effective learning? The project is based on the teory created V. V. Davydov. The research has as main aim, elaborate and improve the stages of the learning process, so that we will have an easy and effective learning of a math subject. The specified goals were: Verify the learning quality of the students, identify the advantages and possible difficulties with the use of this methodology of teaching. The research consisted of an experience done with elementaryschool students of a municipal school in Goiânia. Data was collected by observations and research done on school documents. The subject of the experience was to divide numbers. The difficulties found during the process were due to the bad level of learning and cognitive development of the pupils in other areas like reading, writing, and text interpretation. The principal contribution of this project consisted of demonstrating that, despite the difficulties and limitations in many areas of students school-life, it is possible to use methods based on the Development-teaching and cause changes that lead students to better results on math learning.