Utilização do software graphmatica, no estudo de função do segundo grau , como ferramenta facilitadora da aprendizagem

Abstract

This motivation for the present research originated in the interest of investigating how the technological resources can help learning Mathematics, and so we chose a 1st grade high school group from Piauí Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, São Raimundo Nonato campus. The main objectives of the research included investigate the importance of computational resources for the Mathematics teaching, as well as the contributions that the use of the mathematic software known as Graphmatica offers to the study about 2nd degree function graphics for high school students. At the beginning of the research, an analysis was conducted through bibliographic research of authors who reported the importance of the use of computational resource as a methodological tool in the teaching of Mathematics process. Subsequently, classes were taught about 2nd degree functions and a performance questionnaire was applied, and that led to our results. The second moment of the research was conducted in the Computers Laboratory, where students were taught to use the software, and consequently learning the main commands of Graphmatica as well as utilizing it as an aid in the graphs constructions. After comparison and analyzing the data of the applied studies, we came to the results reported in the essay.