DESENVOLVIMENTO DE APLICATIVO MÓVEL E SEU USO ALTERNATIVO EM ATIVIDADES DE ENSINO DE GEOMETRIA EM NÍVEL FUNDAMENTAL DA EDUCAÇÃO: POSSÍVEIS CONTRIBUIÇÕES

Abstract

Technology has gained more and more significant space in people's lives, streamlining and accelerating information consumption processes, as well as instigating changes in behavior. The school environment is no stranger to this, having incorporated benefits provided by this advance, but also suffering the consequences of adverse effects. Therefore, this research aimed to develop a mobile educational application, apply and analyze it with the purpose of contributing to support educational practices, with a focus on teaching Flat Geometry, specifically, calculating areas of flat figures. , at a fundamental level of education. This research is justified by the necessary discussion about the strong insertion of technology instruments in the educational environment, in addition to proposing and discussing the impact of technological alternatives, to improve teaching proposals in the classroom, specifically, the subject of mathematics. To this end, the following guiding research question was developed: how can the mobile application support the teaching of Flat Geometry concepts at the elementary school level? The research consisted of a field study, interventionist, quantitative-qualitative, applied. The research environment is a municipal public elementary school based in the South of Maranhão, in the Northeast Region of Brazil. The sample consisted of 04 teachers who teach in the final years of elementary school. As a data collection instrument, the questionnaire was applied to the research subjects, after testing the product in their classes and then evaluating it, according to the participants' opinion. The results demonstrated the urgency for discussing the use of technology in the classroom, and that its contributions generate positive effects on teaching and learning, but that there is a need for incentives and professional training. It was also possible to observe that the educational application GeoCalcPlus helped in teaching and learning situations, but that it requires didactic guidance from the teacher, and in this sense it was configured as an instrument capable of assisting the teacher in exposing and facilitating understanding of the content. Finally, based on the surveys carried out, it is possible to conclude that mobile digital technologies can provide the development of methodologies that benefit the practice of teaching, and positively influence its quality, when inserted within a favorable context and based on well-designed teaching.