Kit de frações no quadriculado como recurso didático para o ensino de frações

Abstract

This article aims to explain some conceptions about the teaching and learning of fractions, the use of manipulable materials for the teaching of fractions and to present the result of the task “Handling the fraction kit in the grid”. The research, with a qualitative approach, was developed in a state school in Belo Horizonte, with students from the 7th year of Elementary School II. At the end of the research, it was found that the manipulable material used helped most students to understand the fraction equivalence process and to relate this process to the addition and subtraction operations. We can indicate, based on the research, the importance of valuing the concept of fraction equivalence for the understanding of these operations.