PROJETO EDIFICAR: REPORT OF A TEACHER IN THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM

Abstract

In this article, we present tasks formulated by a teacher-researcher, who developed with students of the concluding years of elementary school a project of constructing a house with milk carton packaging. The motivation for working with the project came from the unsatisfactory performance of students in summative assessment. The development of students' activities took place through a continuous evaluation process, during a semester of Mathematics classes. In terms of method nature, qualitative research was chosen in the case study modality. The objective of this research was to relate the work stages in the Edificar Project with the students' performance in the summative assessment, based on the students' written productions. The analysis carried out by the teacher-researcher in the comparison between the formative and summative assessment in each class revealed situations of school failure.