REFLEXÕES ACERCA DA IMPORTÂNCIA DOS HÁBITOS DE ESTUDOS PARA A APRENDIZAGEM DA MATEMÁTICA ESCOLAR

Abstract

In this article, carried out under doctoral studies in education – PPGE/UFAM, from a bibliographic research and analysis of some reports (BRASIL, 2017b, 2018; OCDE, 2013, 2014), we intend to reflect and raise some questions about the importance of study habits for the learning of school mathematics. Initially, we describe the probable learning habits of Brazilian students and the learning habits that mathematics study requires. It is noteworthy that these students seem to have inherited from their sociocultural environment some conceptions we consider to be a little mistaken about the importance and purpose of school education and about the act of learning. Imbued with these misconceptions that the rules of the Brazilian educational dynamics help to build, they develop a level of awareness that is not always favorable to the good practices of the teaching-studying-learning processes. In this context, we discuss that the most common learning habits of Brazilian students, to some extent, may be incompatible with the learning habits that the study of mathematics requires. To analyze the relationship between learning habits and performance in mathematics, the attitudinal difference between pupil and student is presented. The paper concludes by arguing that, similarly to teacher awareness, student awareness is an equally important issue and dimension for the achievement of quality basic education that really favors the full development of students' skills and abilities in the field of mathematics, essential for lifelong application.

Keywords: School mathematics. Learning. Difficulties. Create study habits. Student awareness.