This thesis deals with construction of polygons with use of a didactic aid a geoboard at primary education. I have done analysis of three series of mathematics books in order to know, if they include possibility of mechanical work during construction of polygons. Based on study of professional literature related to teaching mathematics, mainly geometry at primary education, I have created patterns that can be used altogether with geoboard in mathematics. The patterns had been used in three classes thank to this I could have assess their practical use. Then I have corrected wrong instruction of patterns in order to be clear. Next I described three stages of beginning to work with geoboard that I have personally done and that are written in details in protocol. I have concluded didactic potential work with geoboard and theoretical obstacles while geoboard is using.

Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-27T19:13:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Liane Maria.pdf: 4194151 bytes, checksum: 21c58fa7edeca8800066e4f46c6c57b3 (MD5) Liane Maria.pdf.jpg: 3619 bytes, checksum: fcc760f954148dd19c699c2b8ef9afd5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-16 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper has the purpose of bringing up the results of a qualitative character research, concerning the contributions and limitations of the employment of the Geoboard didactic resource in the learning of some geometrical concepts by students of the Elementary School. Thus, an experiment was accomplished with twelve students from the seventh grade of the Military School of Santa Maria (CMSM) Elementary School. For this, the report of an experiment was realized in the classroom, consisted of six sections, in which activities related to concepts and properties of triangles and quadrilaterals were developed, using the Geoboard didactic resource. During the application of each of the stages, notes were taken down by the teacher-researcher through reference cards, where the development of activities, the speeches,the actions and the students comments were registered. Besides that, students written reports, about each of the activities developed, were handed in to the teacher-researcher at the end of each stage. After the development of the sections, a questionnaire with semi-structured questions was applied, answered by each of the participants of the research. From the analysis of content of the answers from the questionnaire applied and through the notes of the teacherresearcher, it is possible to infer that the usage of the Geoboard didactic resource is a positive and effective factor for the learning of concepts and properties of triangles and quadrilaterals. It is prominent that not all the concepts related to triangles and quadrilaterals, that consist of the seventh grade program, were approached with the usage of the Geoboard, for a restriction of this resource in the construction of a few geometrical elements is perceived. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar os resultados de uma pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo, sobre as contribuições e limitações do emprego do recurso didático Geoplano na aprendizagem de alguns conceitos geométricos por alunos do Ensino Fundamental. Realizouse, assim, uma experimentação com doze alunos da 7ª série do Ensino Fundamental do Colégio Militar de Santa Maria (CMSM). Para isto, foi feito o relato de uma experiência, em sala de aula, compreendida por seis seções, nas quais foram desenvolvidas atividades relacionadas a conceitos e propriedades de triângulos e quadriláteros, utilizando o recurso didático Geoplano. Durante a aplicação de cada uma das seções, foram realizadas anotações pela professora-pesquisadora, em fichas, onde eram registrados o desenvolvimento das atividades, as falas, as ações e os comentários dos alunos. Além disso, relatos escritos dos alunos, sobre cada uma das atividades desenvolvidas, eram entregues à professorapesquisadora no final de cada seção. Após o desenvolvimento das seções, foi aplicado um questionário com perguntas semi- estruturadas, respondido por cada um dos participantes da pesquisa. A partir da análise de conteúdo das respostas do questionário aplicado e das anotações da professora-pesquisadora, é possível inferir que o uso do recurso didático Geoplano é um fator positivo e eficaz para a aprendizagem de conceitos e propriedades de triângulos e quadriláteros. Salienta-se que nem todos os conceitos relacionados a triângulos e quadriláteros, que constam no programa de 7ª série, foram abordados com o uso do Geoplano, pois se percebe uma limitação deste recurso na construção de alguns elementos geométricos.