Discalculia nas escolas de ensino fundamental do município de Penaforte-Ce

Abstract

The present work deals with a study on dyscalculia in elementary schools from the municipality of Penaforte – CE. Thus, this research aims to analyze the opinion of mathematics teachers of elementary school in the schools of that city, as well as knowing the knowledge and identifying the difficulties faced by these teachers from the public school in Penaforte regarding dyscalculia. The present work is based on the qualitative approach and the analysis carried out was in an analytical-interpretative way. Thus, based on the responses of each respondent, the present study showed that teaching math classes to students who present difficulties is a challenge for teachers when the student has dyscalculia. It was concluded that the investigated teachers know what dyscalculia is, and what it means. As for the definitions reported by them, they revealed that there is still little knowledge about this problem and how to work with discalclic students. Thus, this work intends to raise the knowledge of mathematics teachers from elementary school in the municipality of Penaforte -CE.