Uso do geogebra como ferramenta facilitadora do processo de aprendizagem da função quadrática para alunos do 1° ano do ensino médio

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research on the use of GeoGebra software as a tool to facilitate the learning process with regard to the study of the quadratic function, where we emphasize the graphic representation of this function and its main characteristics. To this end, we take as main objective to analyze what contributions the use of GeoGebra as a didactic-pedagogical tool brings to the learning process about the quadratic function, and the characteristics of its graph from the perspective of students of the 1st year of the course computer technician integrated to the high school of the Federal Institute of Piauí, Campus São Raimundo Nonato. For this purpose, the methodology used started from a case study, where we used questionnaires to verify the students' familiarity with the software and later we conducted classes on the topic in discourse, ending with a qualitative analysis of the students' experience in relation to the study of the graph of the quadratic function with the aid of GeoGebra. Thus, we conclude, from the students' perspective, how the use of GeoGebra can facilitate the understanding of the characteristics of the quadratic function and its graph.