Educação: Teoria e Prática (May 2010)

The Mistakes in the Mathematical Learning/Teaching Process

  • Carlos Eduardo Félix Correia

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 34

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The aim of this paper is to contribute with the questions about the Mathematical learning/teaching process at elementary school presenting a positive point of view from the pupil’s mathematical mistakes in sense that the ones could be take as a methodological recourse and as a guide of the pedagogical practice by the teachers. So, this paper presents a theoretical study about the mistakes, passing by a brief historic about the researches involving this theme around the world and point since when this theme have been studding in Brazil. Deals also with a valuation culture attacked by the teachers and the school agents. Key-words: Mathematical Mistakes; Mathematical Valuation; Pedagogical Practice.

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