The Use of The WhatsApp Application as a Teaching Resource: An Experience in Elementary Education Final Years

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https://doi.org/10.35819/tear.v9.n1.a3991

Abstract

Abstract: This article intends to present the result of a research whose aim was to evaluate the contribution of the WhatsApp application in Mathematics teaching. This App was used as a didactic resource to clear doubts on the content proposed in homework activities. Sixty students from two 9th-grade classes of Elementary School Final Years from a public school in Votorantim (São Paulo) took part in this research. In such App, the students created a group to discuss among themselves the doubts that appeared as they did their homework. The teacher also participated both in the group and in the discussions, but she set a schedule to adjust time and space so that there was not a work overload. The results showed that this App, in addition to contributing to learning, improved the relationship between students and the teacher, helped the most timid ones who had some difficulties to express their doubts and the teacher to perceive conceptual errors in relation to Mathematics. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of this application was a successful experience, since they continued to use the group to clear doubts on the activities in which they find difficulties.

Keywords: Mathematics teaching. Technologies. WhatsApp application.

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Author Biography

  • Carmem Lúcia Costa Amaral, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul

    Possui graduação em Química pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, mestrado em Química Orgânica pela Universidade de São Paulo e doutorado em Química Orgânica pela Universidade de São Paulo. Atualmente é professora titular III da Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, coordenadora do curso EAD em Ensino de Química, vice coordenadora do Programa de Pós-graduação Stricto Sensu em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática e vice Coordenadora do Comitê de Ética em pesquisa com seres humanos da Faculdade de Odontologia da Associação Paulista de Cirurgiões Dentistas. É professora pesquisadora do programa de mestrado e doutorado em Ensino de Ciências e Ensino de Ciências e Matemática da Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: ensino-aprendizagem de química, relação Ciência Tecnologia e Sociedade no ensino de química, temas transversais, ambiente virtual e jogos pedagógicos no ensino de química.

Published

2020-07-03

How to Cite

The Use of The WhatsApp Application as a Teaching Resource: An Experience in Elementary Education Final Years. #Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology, Canoas, v. 9, n. 1, 2020. DOI: 10.35819/tear.v9.n1.a3991. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/3991. Acesso em: 11 jun. 2026.