Resumo
Este artigo visa proporcionar ao professor uma perspectiva diferente sobre um recurso que quotidianamente se utiliza no ensino e na aprendizagem de conceitos: os exemplos. Ao material bibliográfico que existe sobre o ensino e aprendizagem de conceitos matemáticos quisemos, no caso particular do conceito de função, acrescentar dois aspectos oriundos de uma linha de investigação emergente, que é a exemplificação de conceitos matemáticos. São eles a transparência e a variação, e podemos encontrá-los nos exemplos que se utilizam numa aula de matemática. Todo exemplo ou coleções de exemplos que utilizamos incorporam estes dois aspectos que, por vezes, utilizamos de forma mecânica e não intencionada. Contudo, tomando consciência das funções da transparência e da variação, estas poderão maximizar a efetividade da exemplificação que usamos no ensino de conceitos matemáticos.Referências
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