Possibilidades de uso de planilhas eletrônicas no ensino de matemática financeira

Abstract

Financial Mathematics, directly or indirectly, is present in the daily life of the vast majority of people. Despite this direct almost daily contact, most people find it difficult to understand its concepts and especially the ways of calculating interest rates. In this way, this work addresses questions about Financial Mathematics and Electronic Spreadsheets, questioning about the possibilities of the use of Electronic Spreadsheets for the teaching and learning of Financial Mathematics. To meet the possibilities of using electronic spreadsheets, a bibliographical research was carried out, in the search for works such as theses, dissertations, course completion works and articles available on the internet that presented teaching proposals for Financial Mathematics. Throughout the work, we have observed that there are several possibilities of using spreadsheets related to the concepts of Financial Mathematics applied to teaching. Moreover, considering the variety of tools that spreadsheets offer, there are still multiple application usage possibilities that can be explored.