Motives of students to participate in investigative tasks in mathematics class in a historical-cultural perspective

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https://doi.org/10.5007/1982-5153.2016v9n2p349

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The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion around the motives of a group of students to participate in investigative tasks in the mathematics classroom in a cultural historical perspective. Whereas the motives are various and emerging social tangle which individuals are part, we use the theory Cultural History Activity as a theoretical analysis, since it considers human development as something that happens when individuals participate in social groups. The qualitative analysis of the data obtained through interviews with the four students of the group showed that the motives that lead them to participate in investigative tasks may be related to it, but not only. The social environment in which students are entered can be as, or even more important for the emergence of motives.

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Edmilson Minoru Torisu, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Licenciado em Matemática pela UTRAMIG, Bacharel em Matemática pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Especialista em Educação Matemática pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Mestre em Educação Matemática pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Doutor em Educação (linha de pesquisa: Educação Matemática) pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) - período de doutorado sanduíche na Rutgers – University of the State of New Jersey, USA sob a supervisão do professor Dr. Arthur B. Powell. Atualmente é professor adjunto do Departamento de Matemática da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto e professor colaborador do programa de pós-graduação em Educação Matemática desta mesma instituição.

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2016-11-24

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2016)

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