Análise de atitudes de alunos na educação de jovens e adultos em situação de resolução de problemas

Abstract

The term Problems Resolution has been on focus at Mathematic Education and the students of Education for Young and Adult Students have been facing difficulties on problematic situations. The objective of this work was to evaluate the student s ability on solving problems with First degree function, analyzing their attitudes and methods and aiming to answer the following questions: are the first year high school students, of Education for Young and Adults, able to answer a sequence of ordinary problems evolving First degree function? Which are the methods adopted by these students to solve them? The chosen ordinary problems are found in a preparatory book to National Exam of Certification of Young and Adults Competencies. This research is based on the Notes of Semiotic Representation. It s also based on the Mathematic educational proposal for Education for Young and Adult Students, first and second level of fundamental school, and on the Mathematic matrix of national exam of Competency Certification of young and adults in high school. After this research it s possible to notice the student s difficulties on solving the problems and the lack of basic knowledge which should be acquired during the fundamental school