A utilização do jogo yoté como objeto de estudo e ensino de probabilidade

Abstract

In the Brazilian educational context, mathematics is still considered one of the disciplines in which students present more difficulties, we can perceive this in the results presented in the external evaluations carried out in our schools. Trying to alleviate this problem many scholars seek different methods of teaching mathematics, among these methods is the use of games. Based on this, this work makes a study about Yoté, a game of African origin that can be used in teaching mathematics, with the aim of analyzing the possibilities of the game in teaching probability, a branch of mathematics that is based on random data and events to calculate the possibility of an event happening. They stand out as Gringo (2000), Smole (2003), Morgado (1991) and Cincotto (2018) as the main authors. The results of the research were based on the answers to a questionnaire with eight students from the eighth period of the degree course in Mathematics of the IFPI Campus Angical do Piauí, which led us to conclude that Yoté can be used in several areas of mathematics and that in the probability teaching is characterized as a tool where students can apply the knowledge studied in the lecture