Teaching Combinatory Analysis by Mobile Technology: an experience report

Authors

  • Paulo Cezar Monteiro Tavares PUC Minas
  • Tânia Fernandes Bogutchi PUC Minas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2316-9451.2019v7n3p22-34

Keywords:

Mathematics Education, Combinatorial Analysis. Games. Technology in teaching.

Abstract

The teaching of Combinatorial Analysis in Brazilian schools, at the beginning of the 21st century, is generally based on the use of mathematical formulas. The present work proposes a didactic strategy that can contribute to the teaching of this content through an approach that prioritizes the reasoning before formalized knowledge. In this research, we developed an application for smartphone, using the platform Android Studio, with the creation of a game for teaching Combinatorial Analysis for Basic Education. The use of this application is supported by a didactic sequence elaborated with challenges that involve problems of counting, thus attracting students’ attention and favoring the process of building their
knowledge. The game was applied to students of the second year of high school in a private school, in the city of Ipatinga, MG. At the end of the learning process using this technique, the students expressed their opinions and criticisms by responding to a semi-structured questionnaire. Through this study, it was possible to verify that new teaching methodologies combined with the use of technologies can contribute to Mathematics Education, especially to Combinatorial Analysis.

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Published

2019-11-29

How to Cite

TAVARES, Paulo Cezar Monteiro; BOGUTCHI, Tânia Fernandes. Teaching Combinatory Analysis by Mobile Technology: an experience report. Abakós, Belo Horizonte, v. 7, n. 3, p. 22–34, 2019. DOI: 10.5752/P.2316-9451.2019v7n3p22-34. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/abakos/article/view/16537. Acesso em: 24 oct. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Artigos completos / Full papers

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