GEOGEBRA CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOMETRY TEACHING IN FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to reflect on the teaching of geometry from the use of geometric software in the classroom with elementary school students at the Quilombola Vereadora State School Alzira Tenório do Amaral (EEQVATA), seeking to arouse interest in Geometry. We worked with the hypothesis that the use of GeoGebra instigates students' curiosity, allowing them to approach geometry in a dynamic and pleasurable way. The research had a qualitative approach, in the field modality. The sample was composed by 9th grade students. In the methodology, four steps were followed: application of activity to survey previous knowledge; activities using GeoGebra in the computer lab; applications of activities after the use of GeoGebra that functioned as an evaluative element of the use of the interactive tool and, finally, a questionnaire with 10 items to be answered by the students on the use of technology and the GeoGebra software in classes. GeoGebra proved to be a dynamic and interactive methodological tool that provided the teacher with an additional way to explore the contents, arousing the students' curiosity and interest, in addition to allowing a moment of student-teacher-content interaction.