MAtMO A facebook project about Mathematics´teaching and learning

Abstract

[EN] There is published research that justifies that teaching-learning based on mathematical modeling, through problem based learning methodology, in a real context and that stimulates the use of information and communication technologies [ICT] tools will produce many benefits. For this reason, two mathematics teachers recently created the MAtMO project through an account on a social network. In this digital support, pedagogical experiences that are being carried out from the 1st year to higher education have been disseminated, because it is understood that this approach can and must be transversal. It is a page aimed to students, parents, teachers, researchers and anyone interested in these topics. Till the present moment, the following have been published: (1) a challenge for 6th grade students on calculating the purchase price of a grass mat; (2) short videos, produced by students of the Master in Teaching of the 1st Cycle, within the scope of Mathematics´ Didactics course, in which they present a daily problem and the respective mathematical model that solves it; (3) an interdisciplinary modeling activity, integrated in the Go-Lab platform; (4) an activity on the calculation of areas of two-dimensional objects using integral calculation; (5) the presentation of the book Contos e Contas, consisting of a set of stories written by students and proposals of activities involving mathematical contents. The research interests with this project are: (1) to understand how ICT can contribute to the promotion of learning in mathematical modeling; (2) to understand how publications (and interactions) on a social network contents based on mathematical modeling, promotes students' motivation. Created on March, 14/2021, so far, 2090 people have been reached, there are 1356 interactions with publications, 295 followers and 278 likes on the page.