Contributions of the MiGen software in introducing algebraic concepts

Authors

  • Fernando de Mello Trevisani Paulista State University
  • Marcus Vinicius Maltempi Paulista State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.unipluri.19816

Keywords:

mathematical generalization, mathematical patterns

Abstract

The goal of this article is to show some contributions of the MiGen software to the process of introduction to algebra to basic education students from a Brazilian public school. The MiGen features that enhance the development of algebraic thinking are first highlighted. Then we describe an activity carried out with eight seventh graders who provided us with information for our research. We conclude that the MiGen software inhibited the counting process due to its dynamic way of presenting figural patterns on the computer, by stimulating the development of generalization processes, and it also helped to develop the idea of algebraic expressions as providers of general answers to the proposed activities.

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Author Biographies

Fernando de Mello Trevisani, Paulista State University

Master in Mathematics Education, with the degree work «Strategies for the generalization of mathematical patterns», presented to the Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences at the Río Claro Campus, São Paulo, Paulista State University (UNESP), Brazil. Supervisor: Dr. Marcus Vinicius Maltempi. Teacher of mathematics in basic and higher education. Coordinator and pedagogical advisor in the use of technologies in education.

 

Marcus Vinicius Maltempi, Paulista State University

Professor at the Department of Statistics, Applied Mathematics and Computing (DEMAC), and of the postgraduate program in Mathematics Education of the Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences, Paulista State University (UNESP), Brazil. Miembro del Grupo Research in Informatics, Other Media and Mathematics Education (GPIMEM).

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Published

2014-06-24

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de Mello Trevisani, F., & Vinicius Maltempi, M. (2014). Contributions of the MiGen software in introducing algebraic concepts. Uni-Pluriversidad, 14(1), 63–69. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.unipluri.19816

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2014)

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND UNPUBLISHED ESSAYS

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