O uso do xadrez em sala de aula: uma abordagem alternativa no plano cartesiano

Abstract

The present work is of a quanti-qualitative nature and is the application of Chess in Mathematics classes, which took place in the Novo Mais Educação project, at Linha da Serra school, located in Guaramiranga, state of Ceará. This study aims to observe the use of Chess as a tool for the teaching of Mathematics, in a special way when the Cartesian plan is approached. Through Chess classes, 9th grade students who participated in this project learned to write down the moves in an algebraic way, working, from spreadsheets, the coordinates and their annotation. The Cartesian plan was worked on later, through an activity that aimed to find the points and write down their coordinates. A questionnaire was applied to the students, inquiring the common points between the Cartesian plane and algebraic annotation, in which, through this, it was possible to identify that Chess, through its coordinates, provided a more dynamic and satisfactory learning when the subject was the Cartesian plane.