Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: FLÁVIO JULIO SIMÕES DE MORAIS BEZERRA

MATHEMATICAL MODELS PRESENT IN BEAUTY COMPETITIONS

Mathematical Modeling. Mathematics Teaching. Beauty Contests.

In view of the need for teaching and learning methods in the sphere of Mathematical Education, which aim to encourage the student to seek mathematical knowledge and apply it in their social context, the present work addresses and analyzes the contributions of Mathematical Modeling as a pedagogical proposal. The study was carried out in the second semester of 2020, in classes of the 9th grade of Elementary School II at Municipal College Cônego Tôrres, which is located in the Pernambuco municipality of Serra Talhada. In addition, with the perspective of relating the content experienced in the school environment with the sociocultural factors of the students, the theme of beauty contests was chosen, the predominant popular manifestations in the region and which are commonly held in educational institutions, titled Miss and Mister Student.