SCRATCH LANGUAGE IN THE MATHEMATICAL MODELING DISCIPLINE: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT

Abstract

This paper reports the experience of a supervised internship carried out in the 2nd year classes of high school at the Carauari State Full-Time School. The objective in this internship was to use the advantages of the discipline of mathematical modeling, which allows different types of methodologies, to promote the co-participation of students and that could help them, as well as the teacher in the creation of projects of mathematical solutions of the real world, through the programming software Scratch. Emphasizing the main points in the coexistence of teacher and trainee with students, for example, their search for knowledge, even after the end of the internship. The work was divided into three phases: computational concepts, construction of animations and development of simple games. Introducing pre-existing elements in the software and other figures, as well as images from the internet, which were used in the construction of the animations, in order to also demonstrate the practical use of the Cartesian plane. On the other hand, during the game development phase, students used the knowledge and resources to plan their own applications. Finally, this work also aims to show positive and negative points experienced and observed, such as: the enthusiasm and interest of students, the limitations of access to technology, digital inclusion as a form and opportunity, and the lack of qualified professionals in the area of computer education.