Linguagem matemática e gêneros do discurso: Produção de significados em aulas de Matemática por meio da leitura e escrita de panfletos

Abstract

This study deals with the comprehension of the mathematical language explored through the genres of classroom discourse, taking as reference the pamphlet genre, interrelating reading and writing activities to the contents studied in the classroom, in view of their learning by Part of the students. In this way, the importance of reading and writing in Mathematics classes is emphasized, taking into account some strategies of reading and writing, as well as the necessity of the heterogeneity of the statements so that the student has access to a great variety of textual genres. The greater the repertoire of genres, the better understanding of the world the student will have, evidencing the mother and mathematical languages. In this sense, we aim to verify the extent to which the reading and writing of pamphlets enables the production of meanings, in a more specific way: identify the meanings produced by students when reading pamphlets; Identify the meanings produced by students when writing pamphlets. Thus, we intend to answer the following question: how do reading and writing pamphlets enable the production of meanings by students? Based on this idea, a qualitative research, of the type pedagogical research, was done in a class of the 6th year of elementary school, through the reading of texts, followed by the resolution of an activity and textual production of a pamphlet. When carrying out this study, that teachers should be attentive to the present discourse genres and those who must attend the mathematical environment (classroom) in order to make possible the production of meanings and a better relationship of the student with Mathematics. In addition, it was explicit that students presented difficulties with Mathematics and mother tongue, manifested through ignorance of basic Mathematics contents and intrae extra mathematical meanings, problems of comprehension, interpretation, incomplete reading of discourse genres, incomplete answers that did not have Had nothing to do with what was required in the proposed questions.