THE USE OF A DIDACTIC SEQUENCE WITH THE USE OF PUZZLES AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY FOR TEACHING PLANE GEOMETRY

Abstract

The study carried out in this article occurred through the use of a didactic sequence using a puzzle, in order to facilitate the learning of plane geometry. The research aimed to verify the contributions of a Didactic Sequence to the teaching and learning process of plane geometry. The study carried out is qualitative, and seeks to analyze the development of students in the 2nd year of high school in a state public school in Belém do Pará. For the analysis of this research, a didactic sequence with three blocks of activities is used, the first block consisting of 8 questions, the second block with 4 questions and the third and last block with 7 questions. To authenticate these results, the answers collected through the applied didactic sequence were used, whose data revealed that the students are able to present examples of everyday objects similar to the plane figures, but still have difficulties in calculating the area. In conclusion, it is clear that the way Geometry is seen within the educational environment still requires care to obtain positive results in the study of this area of mathematics.