Criptografia e conteúdos de matemática no ensino fundamental

Abstract

The central aim of this dissertation is to present the results of a teaching experience of using encryption for the study of functions in mathematics classes in elementary school, the result was checking improvements in conceptual understanding above. The experience in the classroom shows that students have great difficulty working the concept of functions. Various activities are presented based on cryptography to overcome the difficulties that students frequently bring in learning functions and related concepts.