Desenvolvendo e aplicando a matemática: um projeto voltado em produzir vencedores na OBMEP e elevar os indicadores sociais do município de Branquinha-AL

Abstract

This work brings the importance of the Mathematical Olympiads for teaching and learning in Brazilian public schools, emphasizing the OBMEP that during its 12 years of accomplishment has transformed the way of teaching and learning the mentioned area, at the same time, it portrays the Project Developing and Applying Mathematics aimed at producing winners in OBMEP, applied in the municipal schools of the city of Branquinha, Alagoas between the years of 2015 and 2016. This project was born from the extreme difficulty presented by the students and teachers of the municipality in working the issues And the contents of OBMEP in the school context. For many years the competition was seen only as an obligation to be on the national calendar, but clearly there was no commitment to do the tests and much less expectations in obtaining good results. The teachers always claimed that due to the difficulties presented in the learning of their classes, it would be practically impossible to focus OBMEP and to work the contents of the curricular matrix determined for each grade year. The students, considering that there was no previous preparation in the classroom, did the tests simply because they were put in their pews, they hardly read the questions, they did not understand the statements, they marked the alternatives of random form and when by pure luck they were selected For the second phase, were surprised and therefore the vast majority did not appear in the second stage of the competition. The objective of this study is to improve the quality of mathematics teaching in the municipality, emphasizing the use of OBMEP questions in school life, in order to achieve significant results of the students in said competition, as well as in the national, state and local evaluations. municipal. The methodology applied in the elaboration of this work occurred through a bibliographical review and the works carried out in the elementary schools of the municipality. The bibliographical revision happened from the readings of the works of Polya, Asimov and Machado, magazines, articles and theses. The work was developed in the three elementary schools of the municipal school network; Escola Demócrito José, Escola Santo Antônio da Boa Vista and Escola Zumbi dos Palmares, where questionnaires and interviews were applied to faculty, parents and students. In these educational institutions a work was done to improve the quality of teaching mathematics learning, involving the school community with OBMEP and consequently producing champions students in the competition. The results obtained during and after the application of the work show that there was a notorious awakening of students regarding mathematical learning, a significant improvement in their academic performance and consequently a significant evolution in the national level evaluations, in the IDEB and especially in the OBMEP.