Tábua de Pitágoras e a configuração retangular: uma proposta para o ensino do campo multiplicativo para deficientes visuais.

Abstract

The present paper presents a proposal to build a mechanism that can contribute to the process of inclusion of the visually impaired in mathematics classes. Students with some visual limitation may have difficulties in learning if they are not submitted to didactic resources that can contribute to the understanding of the contents presented in the classroom. Therefore, it is up to the teacher to include the student in his class, adapting the activities to the difficulties of each one. The process of teaching and learning mathematics to students with visual impairment or low vision brings with it the need to work with materials that can be manipulated. The objective of this work is to develop a Manipulable Teaching Material that can aid in the process of inclusion of students with visual impairment, aiming to give meaning to the concepts related to the multiplicative field, associating it with the Rectangular Configuration method. In order to do so, we sought the foundations of Baumel's (2003) studies on materials and resources in education for the visually impaired, Carvalho's contribution (1998) regarding Inclusive Education and Lorenzato's ideas (2009) using the MDM ) as a representative element of the problem situation. The need for this proposal is to stimulate initiative, creativity, sociability and, at the same time, to develop the sense of responsibility and objectivity of the educator.