Bingo Pitagórico: um recurso didático para o estudo do teorema de Pitágoras com estudantes surdos

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the use of the "Pythagorean Bingo" as a didactic resource to promote the understanding of deaf students of the 1st year of High School about the Pythagorean theorem. For this, we took as theoretical support research on the teaching of mathematics to the deaf. The research was carried out with 12 deaf participants, students of a public school in Recife-PE. Data production occurred in three stages. In the first, we made a diagnosis about the students' difficulties in Mathematics and especially about the Pythagorean theorem. In the second, we aim to explain how to calculate the measurement of one of the sides of the right triangle in order to prepare students for the use of the game. In the third stage, we applied a questionnaire for the students to give their opinion on the activities that were carried out in the previous stages. The results indicate that the students had a good development in the understanding of the Pythagorean theorem with the realization of the game. This reveals clues about the need for more research on games and other didactic resources for teaching Mathematics to deaf people in the final years of Elementary School and/or High School.