Study and research in teaching mathematics in two high schools.

Abstract

This work describes and analyzes the dialectic study and research, during implementation of Study and Research Path (SRP), in two high school courses. We analyzed over more than eight hundred protocols that generated the responses of (N = 75) students. The inquiry started with the question: ?Which is the best savings plan to generate the greatest amount of income with a bank deposit that pays interest?? for which the students did not have an immediate response. That is to say, they did not know with what mathematical knowledge, or extra-mathematical, they could approach it. The analysis shows that implementing this type of teaching in an institution with previous experience in this paradigm works better than in one that lacks of prior experience.