THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING: ANALYSIS OF APPLIED METHODOLOGIES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Abstract

Teaching mathematics in schools has become a major challenge for teachers, as students do not have a solid theoretical foundation in the subject, resulting in difficulties with more advanced topics such as algebra, graphs, and the four basic operations. For a generation that is born connected, the use of digital technologies for teaching mathematics has become increasingly common. In this context, this study addresses the problem: "What technological methodologies are teachers using in the teaching and learning of mathematics in middle school (Fundamental II)?" The main objective is to identify scientific research that addresses the use of technologies in the process of teaching and learning mathematics in middle school (Fundamental II) from 2018 to 2024. The adopted methodology consisted of a state of knowledge review, focusing on original scientific articles found in the SciELO journal platform database. Through this research, we were able to identify various tools aimed at teaching mathematics, such as software, websites, social networks, and even robotics. We conclude with this study that technologies are, indeed, precise and facilitating tools in the teaching of mathematics. This is evidenced in the analyzed articles, where all the technologies were, in some way, implemented with students, yielding positive results. We hope that, in the future, other studies can gain prominence and utilize methodologies for teaching mathematics.