A formulação de problemas verbais de matemática: porquê e como

Abstract

Problem solving is an activity inherent in the discipline of Mathematics and often requires the understanding of texts for their solution. In particular, the text of a problem deserves attention and prudence of its makers to be the source of information for the resolution and for generating mental representations which can facilitate or constrain the resolution process, depending on how it is proposed. The goal here is to analyse different verbal problems of Mathematics, discuss some impacts that the various formulations of these problems can have on the performance of solvers in solving them and justify these impacts with explanations of areas of Mathematics Education, Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics and Neuropsychology. It is, therefore, an investigation that raises, analyzes and discusses theoretical aspects of that knowledge obtained from scientific publications, and incorporating in this analysis and discussion, the experience of the authors.