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    This document summarizes good practices in mathematics education in Brazil. It describes tutoring programs for students struggling in math and two national math olympiads, one open to all schools and one focused on public schools. The Brazilian Public School Math Olympics (OBMEP) aims to motivate students to study math and improve basic education. Since 2005, it has attracted over 19 million participants annually and provides scholarships for top students. The olympiad also supports teacher training to positively influence math teaching and learning.

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    Didactics of Mathematics

    Task 1

    Catalina María Álvarez Gómez


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    Tutor
    Edwin Andrés Londoño

    Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia – UNAD


    October
    2017
    MATHEMATICS GOOD PRACTICES IN BRAZIL
    Brazil, the largest country in both South America and Latin
    America, is the world’s sixth largest country by population and its
    people are truly committed with education and mathematics is
    one of their targets.

    They are motivating their students to develop their mathematical skills in order
    to access to complex knowledge and perform better in society.

    Brazilian programs in mathematics


    Lately, in Sao Pablo, they have started a new project call
    “Tem+Mathematics” a tutoring program for 7th and 9th
    low-socioeconomic students who struggle with this
    subject. Three of five students of the same grade
    gather as a group twice a week for 90 minutes (40% of
    the math classes throughout the year) with their own
    tutor at the end of the school day.
    Tutors are mathematics university students who
    check students’ doubts and contents in a friendly
    environment. Real bonds and confidence is develop
    between students and tutors (who often has the
    same socio-economic level and show the students
    that it is possible to learn and attend university and
    become a professional).

    In Brazil there are also two Math Olympics run by the federal government. OBM
    includes public and private schools and OBMEP restricts its focus to public schools.
    Most schools offering basic education are public (80% of them were public in 2009
    and are known to have lower quality than the private ones). This is the major reason
    why there is a separated Olympics only for public schools.

    The Brazilian Public School Math Olympics (Olimpíada Brasileira


    de Matemática das Escolas Públicas, or OBMEP) has been held
    yearly since 2005, aiming at motivating students to study
    Mathematics and improving basic education.
    The OBMEP has a positive and statistically significant impact on school performance
    in Mathematics among 9th – 12th graders. This impact increases for schools that
    participate in repeated editions of OBMEPs and is larger in higher test score
    percentiles.

    The cost-benefit analysis shows that the


    benefits of OBMEP in terms of the
    participants’ future income outweigh its
    costs.

    Each year since its inception, the OBMEP has attracted an increasing number of
    participants from schools and students in the sixth through 12th grades. In 2010 the
    number of students participating was over 19 million. It is currently considered the
    leading school academic competition in the country.

    The stated objectives of the OBMEP are to stimulate


    and promote the study of Mathematics among public
    school students; to contribute to the quality of basic
    education; to identify talented young people and
    encourage them to pursue careers in science and
    technology; to encourage the professional
    improvement of public school teachers; to
    contribute to the integration of public schools and
    public universities, research institutes and scientific
    societies; and to promote social inclusion by
    spreading knowledge.

    All schools that sign up for the Math Olympics


    receive a booklet of sample questions and
    answers, which is sent to the teachers. Its use
    is optional. It is intended not only to prepare
    students specifically for the Olympics, but also
    to have a positive influence on the overall
    teaching of Math at the participating schools
    and thus the performance of their students.
    This booklet is prepared by professors of the
    IMPA and members of the SBM to assure its
    high quality.
    The most important part of the OBMEP is the scholarship program for
    outstanding students and the 197 venues, in which they receive weekend
    training for one year and for teachers the IMPA offers ongoing training too, so it
    focuses on both: Brazilian students and teachers.
    Link from the online magazine:

    https://www.flipsnack.com/95D6BEE569B
    /task-1-didactics-of-
    math_brazilian_good_practices.html

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