Modelo dos campos semânticos: produção de significados para as noções de área e perímetro no ensino fundamental II

Abstract

The present research was developed to answer the following problem: What meanings are produced for the notions of area and perimeter of flat figures, by elementary students II, in determining the amount of paper used to make gift packaging in varied formats? For that, the method of collecting data by videography, student and teacher registration was chosen, choosing qualitative research as methodology, through a case study, having as theoretical reference and positive reading instrument of the production of meanings propitiated by the Semantic Fields Model, created by Romulo Campos Lins. The research was developed at the State School Dr. José Feliciano Ferreira in Itumbiara, Goiás, in a class of reunification of students from the sixth to the ninth year, full time teaching, From the data analysis, it was possible to perceive the importance of listening the students to understand how they think and produce meanings for certain subjects, thus making it possible to identify their difficulties and propose interventions. An educational product entitled Packaging Design was elaborated, with the activities developed during the elective, that can be applied in classes from the sixth year, without necessarily being students of the same class. We realized that the Semantic Fields Model is in action, that is, it only happens when we put it into practice, because there is only meaning production in the process and in the execution of an activity or task performed by the students.