A importância da etnomatemática no processo de ensinoaprendizagem dos alunos dos anos finais do Ensino fundamental do Colégio Presidente Castelo Branco I

Abstract

The present research carried out at the Colégio Presidente Castelo Branco I municipal school, located in the municipality of Lago dos Rodrigues/MA, with the general objective of verifying the importance of the use of alternative methodologies in the teaching of mathematics in the final years of elementary school. Educational proposals were applied that seek to stimulate students' curiosity, relating theory and practice in the teaching of mathematics. The methodology chosen was ethnomathematics and the activities carried out in this work lasted 06 (six) days. Data collection was carried out through the application of diagnostic assessment to students, informal interview with the teacher and observation in the classroom. In this way, it was possible to characterize the research participants and measure the impact of the activities performed during the research. The proposed method proved to be effective, the results obtained indicated a higher percentage of correct answers in the diagnostic evaluation applied at the end of this research. In addition, it was possible to verify the interest of the students during the application of the practical activity that was used. In this way, it is concluded that the traditional teaching of mathematics needs to be revitalized, where it can include daily practical activities, capable of promoting a significant improvement in the results of the evaluations, in addition to passing a positive image of the discipline to students.