A Ludicidade da dança das cadeiras no ensino de análise combinatória

Abstract

Faced with the various structural and logistical difficulties faced in a high school, located on the outskirts of the city of Viamão, a playful approach was chosen for teaching Combinatorial Analysis in two high school classes. Having as objective the application and analysis of that approach, using the Dance of Chairs as didactics, through a learning plan referring to Combinatorial Analysis, to, through this pedagogical resource, seek to improve students' understanding in this specific area of mathematics. During the experiment, the main difficulties encountered by students in understanding the arrangement and permutation methods were identified. It was observed, through the teaching knowledge and pedagogical resources used in this work, that there was a satisfactory level in the understanding of the subject studied by the students, demonstrating a more solid learning of the approached concepts. Therefore, it is believed that there is a clear need for different approaches to meet the different ways students learn. Thus, this course completion work highlights the importance of using playful approaches, such as musical chairs, for teaching Combinatorial Analysis.