MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND THE USE OF GAMES AS A FACILITATOR DIDACTIC RESOURCE IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS.
The Teaching of Mathematics, Games, playfulness and learning.
The present work aims to suggest the use of games in the Mathematics classes of Elementary School, in several contents, as a facilitator instrument of the teaching-learning process. In addition, it is in our interest to verify the progress made by the students of the 6th and 9th years of the Júlio Walfredo da Ponte School, located in the Urban Zone of Mojuí dos Campos, regarding the mathematical contents of the respective series after using different educational games mathematicians. During the year 2017, mathematical games were presented and worked with the students. The games involved contents such as: basic operations with natural numbers and integers; equations of the first degree; basics of Geometry and Trigonometry. In grades 616 and 913, 6th
grade and 9th grade respectively, assessments were made to verify whether or not there was progress in students' learning in the mathematics content of the respective grades. These results were compared with students in classes 617 and 914 who were not receiving activities involving games. The analysis of the results will be done with the tabulation of information taken from evaluations carried out in both classes at the end of the activities with the games. The results showed that the students who had the aid of the games, obtained, in
their evaluations, superior results in relation to the students who did not have this resource being used. We also highlight other aspects that have improved substantially such as behavior, concentration on activities, willingness to learn content, important aspects that facilitate teaching work and contribute significantly to student learning.