Mapeando o uso de materiais didáticos virtuais para o ensino de Matemática na educação básica

Abstract

This article is the result of the concluding requirement for Lato Sensu Graduation Course called Specialization on Educational Medias; promoted by the Federal University of Santa Maria. The main goal of this research is to map the elements that contribute to the effective use of virtual didactic material (VDMs) in classroom. The research methodology was based on a qualitative approach, in which data were obtained throughout the use of a questionnaire as a tool that was forward by e-mail to the teachers who were participating of the “Virtual Interactive Materials for Teaching Mathematics in Basic Education” course. The questionnaire’s results were organized by conceptual maps, using the software CMAP TOOLS that have allowed the main research question’s analysis and understandings of some important knowledge building processes. Such processes regard the use of VDMs, which are directly associated with dynamic relationships that are processed during mediation, interaction and exchanges established in school and society.