A transformação de um projeto de modelagem em um exercício de matemática

Abstract

The article objective is to understand how a group of students has transformed a Modelling project into a model similar to a math exercise. The students' action analysis is carried out using the Historical-Cultural Activity Theory. The subjects are students from a 3rd year class of the Technical Course Integrated to High School in Environment, at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais, on Governador Valadares campus. The study is of qualitative nature and the data analyzed comes from participant observations, the written report and the group presentation to the class. From the data analysis, it is possible to understand that in the Modeling project result historically validated rules in a mathematics activity prevailed, but that these rules were confronted during the project development with the specific rules of Modelling learning environments. The results indicate the importance of explaining and problematizing the rules of Modelling learning environments for the insertion of activities of this nature in classrooms and the relevance of knowing the potential and specificities of Modeling in technical courses.