Contribuições do método Jigsaw de aprendizagem cooperativa para a mobilização dos estilos de pensamento matemático por estudantes de Engenharia

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Eloiza
• Orientador(a): Bianchini, Barbara Lutaif
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Educação Matemática
• Departamento: Educação
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Estilos de pensamento matemático; Ensino de matemática; Engenharia; Aprendizagem cooperativa; Método Jigsaw
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Mathematical thinking styles; Teaching of mathematics; Engineering; Cooperative learning; Jigsaw method
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::MATEMATICA
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/11045

The difficulties faced by students starting Engineering courses are usually linked to Mathematics disciplines. The need to prepare and motivate the student is part of a challenge to all involved in this process. The use of cooperative learning with its numerous techniques, contribute to the development of fundamental aspects of a future engineer as the understanding of the role of each individual in a work group, the development of the sense of responsibility and organization, the coexistence with different opinions, the constant learning from co-workers and the need to express themselves clearly. Studies show that understanding the thinking styles of the students can help teachers to offer a better quality instruction to maximize learning outcomes. Researches with elementary school students on styles of mathematical thinking, which are classified into visual, analytical and integrated thinking, show that understanding these styles can help the students to learn mathematics. Within this scenario, the main objective of this research is to identify and analyze ways in which cooperative learning strategy promotes the mobilization of different styles of mathematical thinking by engineering students. To this end we created an activity using the jigsaw method of cooperative learning, developed by Elliot Aronson, involving the study of lines in two and three-dimensional spaces and tested with students in the first year of Engineering School. The results show that this method could make changes in styles of mathematical thinking of some students. It was observed that only students who were initially classified belonging to the integrated or visual had changed their styles, moving to the analytical. It was noticed that the prevalence is the analytical mathematical thinking style, which in part may be a result of the influence exerted by the teacher on students, as this style is valued in the traditional model of education