O estudante da educação básica como pesquisador: investigando e fazendo matemática

Abstract

This paper refers to the creation and development of the teaching project, “Mathematical Investigation in the Classroom: the student as an independent thinker”, in fifth and sixth year classes of Elementary School. Created in 2015, this project aims to change the curricular structure of the aforementioned series, as well as the way of thinking and being a Mathematics teacher. The experience in the project classes, especially through mathematical investigation and problem solving strategies, has shown the possibility for the teacher to abandon the central role within the class, with the aim of overcoming the exercise paradigm, placing the student as the center of the teaching and learning process. Classes take place in a Mathematics Education laboratory, based on tasks authored by teachers, in which students are invited to investigate, according to the examples presented. It is concluded that the project leads students to develop autonomy, writing, speaking, criticality and listening skills. Furthermore, an important tool was shown to mobilize "doubt", "question more", showing how students can cultivate their curiosity and build the habit of investigation, conceiving mathematics as something they can "do", discover and "invent".