Motivando para aprender matemática : uma experiência com o ensino da probabilidade

Abstract

Bearing in mind the discussion on educational concepts in order to reach a consensus on the best way of learning mathematics for the student body, I performed a research with high school students from a private school in Nova Iguaçu - RJ, aiming at the more meaningful and practical learning, in which students could build their own knowledge, motivated by the usefulness of mathematics in everyday life. The focus of the work were the lessons on probability, given at first moment in a Traditional way and after more playful way, in order to record the behavior of students before the presentation of content in both classes, differentiating them in order to observe where the students were more motivated, more involved. Also, I wrote and I compared data from two questionnaires that were applied for students, addressing their interests learning in the mathematics and connection made between what they learn in the classroom and what they use in their daily lives. The lessons were taught more dynamically so the students achieved progression after them