OS JOGOS ENQUANTO ATIVIDADE LÚDICA NO TRABALHO COM A MATEMÁTICA EM SALA DE AULA

Abstract

This work of bibliographical study tells on the knowledge of the concept of games starting from the selected theoretical grounds, we can affirm that the game is something that is the human being's part, independently of the age and sex. He/she will just change the more appropriate activity type. This study vein to the encounter of understanding to answer some subjects that disturb us as for the mathematics teaching. It can be said that the introduction of games in the education extent felt through the infantile context, due to studies that indicated that the child needs incentives to wake up their interests. According to Souza (2005) the use of the games as learning tool, had his/her development in the United States, in the decade of 50, with the purpose of training executives of the financial area. For consequence of the positive results, his/her use was enlarged to other areas, arriving at Brazil with a lot of force in the decade of 80. Oliveira (2001) it points that the education games have as objective makes possible entertainment for the user, besides could influence his/her partner-affectionate and cognitive development The intention of this work, it is to propitiate and to promote a discussion about the possibilities offered by the use of the educational games as resources that make possible better roads for the teaching and the learning. In the first part, they will be presented a general vision on the origin of the games, education games, the importance of the lúdico. Soon afterwards, two types of education games will be analyzed used to help in the teaching of the mathematics, Sudoku and the Game of the Old.