ABSTRACT OR SUMMARY

ABSTRACT OR SUMMARY

For a long time, the teaching of mathematics, has suffered the rejection of the students, because of the remoteness of their contents with reality. Throughout the mathematics education system have always occupied a special place, arousing mixed feelings: while the vast majority keeps them towards a mixture of respect and aversion, formed during their school years and the product of not having been able to master, but having been dominated by them,

Ausbel and learning theory significant interference are important, as the aim of teaching mathematics is to provide significant learning, which the author calls "if you reduce all educational psychology to a single principle would be: more important factor influencing learning is what the student already knows. Averages this and teaching accordingly. (AUSBEL 1983)

The strategy for solving problems is much richer mechanic that the implementation of an algorithm. In this regard, it is already well known that the formulation did Poyla (1945) of four essential steps for solving a problem.


1. TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. It seems to be, sometimes, unnecessary, especially in school contexts; but it performs a cardinal importance, especially when the problems to resolving are not of strictly mathematical formulation.

2. TO PLAN A PLAN TO SOLVE IT. It is necessary to raise it in a flexible and recursive way removed from the mecanicismo.

3. TO PUT IN PRACTICE THE PLAN. Also it is necessary to raise it in a flexible and recursive way removed from the mecanicismo. And bear in mind that the thought is not linear, that there are constant jumps between (among) the design of the plan and his putting in practice.

4. TO VERIFY THE RESULTS. It(she) is the most important in the daily life, because he(she) supposes the confrontation with context of the result obtained by the model of the problem that we have realized, and his contrast with the reality that we wanted to solve.


The high level strategy or independent content are used for general purposes, and can be transferred to a wide range of learning tasks. Moreover, strategies learning strategies specific or dependent content, are used to facilitate učenjem contents and texts individuals.