<b>Mathematical modeling and technology in a critical perspective

Abstract

 This paper presents an intervention in the early years of elementary school with the use of Mathematical Modeling in the classroom, with the support of UCA laptop connected to the Internet, the development of activities. The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of the insertion of Mathematical Modeling in a critical perspective, the teaching and learning relationships in everyday life of the classroom. We used the methodology of action research. The subjects were 23 students and the teacher of a class of 5th grade of elementary school to a public school Program participant One Computer per Student - UCA. The procedures of data collection were: the questionnaires; observations; and interviews. Data analysis was anchored in the dialogue between the content of the information collected in the survey and the theoretical framework of the study. The research indicated that the application of modeling, from a critical perspective, in Mathematics classes mobilized the teacher to develop an educational action that considers the classroom as a setting for research, and mobilized students to pursue an active participation in the process of appropriation of mathematical content.And even suggested that the use of the methodology provided the use in the UCA laptop critical perspective that streamlined the actions developed and contributed to the appropriation of mathematical content.