THE DUOTRI GAME - A POSSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND FRACTIONAL NUMBERS

Abstract

Faced with the difficulties presented by students in Mathematics in Elementary School, it is clear the need to insert activities with different teaching methodologies. Some researchers in the area of ​​Mathematics Education, such as Grando (2004) and Lorenzato (2006) present alternatives that can be adopted by Mathematics teachers, among them, the use of games. Based on this, the main objective of this work was to investigate the use of the DUOTRI card game as an alternative in the teaching and learning processes of fractions representations. Initially, a bibliographic study was carried out on games in Mathematics Education focused on the concept of fraction, being observed that there are a few works involving this theme. Then, the game DUOTRI was elaborated involving the subject in question. The research had a qualitative approach, with the participation of 37 students from an 8th grade class in a State School in the city of Petrolina-PE. For the data collection, the questionnaire was used to verify the students' knowledge, later the DUOTRI game was applied, which deals with the fractions representations. After the experience of the game, the students wrote a letter describing their impressions about it. And finally, there was a round of conversation to discuss the positive and negative aspects of the game. After reading the letters, it was found that, for most students, the application of the game was useful in reviewing the proposed content.