Oficinas ingrediente X: uma experiência de ensino de programação aplicada a matemática para estudantes da rede pública de Pernambuco

Abstract

Learning programming is considered an activity that stimulates logical, structured and mathematical thinking; having its importance recognized in several countries that adopt it in their regular curriculum. The Oficinas Ingrediente X project is an initiative with the objective of teaching programming to students from the public schools of Pernambuco using Scratch. During the project, some math difficulties of the students were identified, especially in equations, functions and the cartesian plane. Because of this, the theoretical classes of the project were used to teach these subjects using features present in Scratch; with the participation of the students, it was possible to use the Scratch platform to explain and demonstrate math subjects. Through qualitative research made during the project, it was possible to observe the students were engaging more in these subjects in their regular classes. They were also having an easier time in their regular math tests. Despite the difficulties of the project, teaching programming to these students was an excellent way to show and consolidate interdisciplinary content, especially math content