Estudo de mobiliário escolar: um olhar para a sala de aula através da modelagem Matemática

Abstract

Mathematical modeling is seen in this paper as a strategy to combine the teaching and learning of mathematics with real problems of a technical course in furniture. Our goal was to enable students in 1st year study the theme Furniture School's Manufacturing for children's through modeling. We developed a teaching sequence that seeks to math topics present in the school's furniture manufacturing, since the furniture design until the manufacturing cost calculation, part of teaching sequence was applied with volunteer students. Analyzing the manufacturing of school's table considering mathematical view, the student is easily led to the field of geometry and algebra. During the process, retook concepts present in the technical course practices such as the scale rule use, and present in high school math discipline, as surfaces and perimeters, increasing the understanding of the meaning of these. In addition, the experiment showed the need of mathematical content for the involved, in a situation of future professional practice from them.