Degree programme in: Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Course title: Materials and Technology in Mathematics
Type of course: Compulsory
ECTS: 6
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Year/semester: 3rd year / 1 semester
Name of the lecturer: Cesário Almeida
Objectives of the course:
 To promote the interest for Mathematics and, particularly, its articulation with real life;
 to acknowledge the importance/ utility of manipulative materials and of technology in the learning/
teaching of Mathematics;
 to identify the potentialities and the limitations of the use of materials and technology in the study of
Mathematics.
 to master the terminology and the specific language of the topics being studied;
 to know the mathematical models, constructions and procedures which, with the aid of materials and
technology, may contribute to simple interpretations of the physical world;
 to develop the learning of concepts and techniques of mathematical processes involved in the defined
course contents
Prerequisites: Not applicable
Course Contents:
 MANIPULATIVE MATERIALS - TANGRAM, GEOPLAN, UISINAIRE BARS, LOGICAL BLOCKS,
ABACUS, GEOMETRIC SOLIDS, MAP MEASURER, GeoMag, ETC.
 THE CALCULATOR
 THE SPREADSHEET AND ITS UTILITY IN STATISTICS.
 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES – GEOMETRIC DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS, MODELLUS.
 INTERNET AND MATHEMATICS – POTENCIALITIES AND LIMITATIONS. WEBQUESTS.
Bibliography:
ALSINA, A. (2004), Desenvolvimento de competências matemáticas com recursos lúdico-manipulativos,
Porto: Porta Editora.
APM (tradução) (2001), Lidar com dados e Probabilidades. Normas – Para o Currículo e a avaliação em
Matemática Escolar, Lisboa: APM.
BORRALHO, A. & MONTEIRO, C. & ESPADEIRO, R. (Org.) (2004), A Matemática na Formação do
Professor, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências de Educação/Secção de Educação Matemática.
ALMEIDA, C. (2006), Um tutorial para o GSP, Beja: documento de trabalho.
CARAÇA, B.J. (1998), Conceitos Fundamentais da Matemática, Lisboa: Gradiva.
FILHO, E. (1989), Teoria Elementar dos Números, São Paulo: Livraria Nobel.
PALHARES, P. (org.) (2004), Elementos de Matemática para professores do Ensino Básico, Lisboa:
LIDEL – Edições Técnicas, Lda.
PONTE, J. & SERRAZINA, L. (2000), A didáctica da Matemática do 1º Ciclo, Lisboa: Universidade
Aberta.
http://phoenix.sce.fct.unl.pt/modellus/ (disponível em 12 de Março de 2007).
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/tcd/Bolt_Circle/TUTORIAL.html (disponível em 12 de Março de 2007).
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/ (disponível em 12 de Março de 2007).
Teaching methods:
Presentation (using the most diversified means: oral, written and multimedia) of core ideas which are
indispensable to the teaching/ learning process of theoretical knowledge, and which will serve as a
platform for the implementation of the related practical work, in which the level of abstraction should,
whenever possible, be linked to practical applications.
Assessment methods: Written tests and continuous assessment
Language of instruction: Portuguese