Motivating the learning of whole numbers through manipulative materials: an experience in the seventh year of elementary school

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2022-09-06T12:25:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2020 - Andressa Alves Gon?alves de Oliveira.pdf: 2287383 bytes, checksum: db897a16a7fdc612ebc99784137d913e (MD5) Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2022-09-06T12:25:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2020 - Andressa Alves Gon?alves de Oliveira.pdf: 2287383 bytes, checksum: db897a16a7fdc612ebc99784137d913e (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2022-09-06T12:25:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2020 - Andressa Alves Gon?alves de Oliveira.pdf: 2287383 bytes, checksum: db897a16a7fdc612ebc99784137d913e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-08-21 Made available in DSpace on 2022-09-06T12:25:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2020 - Andressa Alves Gon?alves de Oliveira.pdf: 2287383 bytes, checksum: db897a16a7fdc612ebc99784137d913e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-08-21 CAPES - Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior The present study?s main focus is to analyze if the use of manipulable materials motivates and helps the learning of Whole Numbers in a 7th grade Elementary School class. This approach is justified because students tend to have difficulties when starting to make calculations involving whole numbers. Consequently, the succession of errors lead students to become unmotivated. To better understand the concepts that will be addressed in this research, and the difficulties encountered by teachers and students with regard to Whole Numbers, the reader will be introduced to a chapter on motivation, a chapter on Whole Numbers, and a chapter on manipulable materials, in addition to the methodology used, and the analysis of the data acquired. The present study consists of a quantitative and qualitative approach based on data collection through an experiment with 60 students from a Municipal School in Rio de Janeiro. To understand whether there was any impact on the students' motivation, a motivational questionnaire was applied before and after the activities using manipulable materials. To analyze whether there was an improvement in the student?s learning in relation to Whole Numbers, a pre-test and a post-test were also applied. For this research students participated in activities using four different options of manipulable materials. With the survey of data throughout the research and the analysis of the information gathered, it is possible to conclude that the teaching techniques using manipulable materials, developed by the researcher, indeed motivated and helped students in the learning of Whole Numbers O presente estudo tem como principal foco analisar se o uso de materiais manipul?veis motiva e auxilia no aprendizado de N?meros Inteiros em uma turma do 7? ano do Ensino Fundamental. Abordar essa metodologia justifica-se porque os alunos costumam apresentar muitas dificuldades quando come?am a fazer c?lculos envolvendo N?meros Inteiros e consequentemente os erros sucessivos os levam a ficarem desmotivados. Para entender melhor os conceitos que ser?o abordados nesta pesquisa e as dificuldades encontradas por professores e alunos no que se refere aos N?meros Inteiros, ser? apresentado ao leitor um cap?tulo sobre motiva??o, um cap?tulo sobre N?meros Inteiros e um cap?tulo sobre materiais manipul?veis, al?m da metodologia utilizada bem como a an?lise dos dados obtidos. O presente estudo consiste em pesquisa de car?ter quantitativo e qualitativo, a partir da coleta de dados por meio de uma pesquisa experimental com 60 alunos de uma Escola Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Para analisar se houve algum impacto na motiva??o dos alunos, foi aplicado um question?rio motivacional antes e depois das atividades com os materiais manipul?veis. Para analisar se houve uma melhora no aprendizado dos alunos em rela??o aos N?meros Inteiros, foi aplicado um pr?-teste e um p?s-teste. Os alunos realizaram as atividades com quatro op??es diferentes de materiais manipul?veis. Com o levantamento das informa??es ao longo da pesquisa e da an?lise das informa??es, foi poss?vel concluir que a sequ?ncia did?tica elaborada pela pesquisadora, que utilizou materiais manipul?veis, possibilitou um ganho de motiva??o e aux?lio aos alunos no aprendizado de N?meros Inteiros