Softwares livres como ferramenta na escola: estudo de caso do uso do Geogebra para o ensino de função afim

Abstract

The New Digital Technologies of Information and Communication (NTDICs) has brought transformations in various areas of society since its emergence. In the educational aspect, it is no different. This Course Conclusion Work aims to understand the challenges of teaching mathematics in Brazilian schools, bringing as a possibility of improvement the insertion of New Digital Technologies of Information and Communication and mainly free software such as GeoGebra in the context of learning mathematics. The study of materials already published on the subject made it possible to analyze an applied research with the first year students of the IFBA Campus Seabra and with the math teachers of the city. Which was built through a Directed Study and questionnaires, in which it was possible to analyze whether GeoGebra can influence the learning of the affine function for the interviewed students, if teachers in the region have used the New Digital Technologies of Information and Communication in their favor during school activities and they are still believed in this use as a way of improving mathematics education. The results presented were positive, although several improvements are needed to effectively consider the use of GeoGebra as a school tool in educational institutions in the city of Seabra-BA.