O uso do celular de softwares educativos como instrumentos de aprendizagem da matemática no ensino médio

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a research in the area of technological resources in education. The main objective of this study was to investigate how teachers use cell phones and educational software as tools for learning mathematics in high school. Specifically, the paper aims to analyze how the mathematics teachers of the Sebastião Alves dos Reis School Unit, located in the city of Asunción do Piauí, use cellular and educational software as tools of pedagogical support in high school. The interest in this subject stems from the researcher's concerns about the importance of new technologies for the improvement of teachers 'pedagogical practice and the students' understanding of mathematics contents through meaningful learning, which led to the following question: the use of the cell phone and of educational software such as didactic resources and / or methodological strategies is important for the process of teaching and learning mathematics in high school? Throughout the paper the following sections will be presented: introduction, theoretical reference, objectives and methodology for the development of the work, as well as analysis and discussion of the results, followed by the final considerations. Regarding the methodological procedures, a questionnaire with questions (open and closed) and a semi-structured interview were used to collect data from the questionnaire. The analysis and interpretation of the data were done with the purpose of obtaining information on the use of educational technologies by teachers of mathematics in educational context and their perceptions about possibilities and limitations of such resources, taking as hypotheses the learning difficulties in the mathematical discipline. From the present study, it is inferred that the cellular and educational software are important didactic-pedagogical resources in the teaching of mathematics.