Author(s)

Carlos Vitor De Alencar Carvalho^1,4, Lícia Giesta Ferreira De Medeiros², Antonio Paulo Muccillo De Medeiros³, Ricardo Marinho Santos⁴

¹State University Center of Western, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
²CEFET/RJ, Valença, RJ, Brazil.
³Rio de Janeiro Federal Institute (IFRJ), Pinheiral, RJ, Brazil.
⁴Vassouras University, Vassouras, RJ, Brazil.

This paper discusses how to improve teaching of Mathematics in Brazilian schools, based on Seymour Papert’s Constructionism associated with Information Technology tools. Specifically, this work introduces the constructionist microworld, a digital environment where students are able to build their knowledge interactively, in this case, using dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra.

Microworld, GeoGebra, Seymour Papert, Information Technologies in Education

De Alencar Carvalho, C. , De Medeiros, L. , De Medeiros, A. and Santos, R. (2019) Papert’s Microworld and Geogebra: A Proposal to Improve Teaching of Functions. Creative Education, 10, 1525-1538. doi: 10.4236/ce.2019.107111.