Provinha Brasil: um estudo de caso das principais dificuldades na Matemática

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the results of a case study carried out in a 2nd grade class of Elementary School of a municipal public school located in the city of Fortaleza, whose objective is to analyze the difficulties of students in the area of mathematics, using as an instrument of analysis provided by Brazil in 2016. With this, two specific objectives were drawn: 1-Identify the difficulties encountered by the children in responding to the test; 2- Check if the class teacher understands the difficulties faced by the group. For this, a research instrument was applied with the same. Faced with this, studies were carried out regarding the teaching of Mathematics in the early years of Elementary School, having as main research source the National Mathematical Curriculum Parameters. As methodology for data collection, two research instruments were applied. the data were analyzed in a quantitative and qualitative way. With the analysis of the issues, it was verified the emphasis given by the proof to the Numbers and Operations axis, composing most of the test questions. The main difficulties faced by children were: solving problems that require the actions of comparing and completing quantities, solving problems involving multiplication ideas, identifying, comparing, relating and ordering time in different measurement systems, solving problems involving the ideas of identify and relate banknotes and coins. It is considered of paramount importance that the teacher knows the difficulties faced by his or her class, since, in this way, it will guide the pedagogical work developed in the classroom.