Making Jellies: Two didactic situations about the creation and use of registers with preschool children

Abstract

In this article, we analyze two didactic situations related to the thematic of Data Analysis, as well as some results of its implementation in two preschool groups. One of the situations conduces to the representation of objects and actions necessary to develop a product (jellies), the other confronts students with the need to obtain information from another group of students, with the same purpose. Both situations gave rise to a rich range of student productions and led to some evolution of these. The design and implementation were guided by a constructivist approach to teaching. Furthermore, it interested that the situations were understandable and manageable for educators. This last characteristic situates the study as an experience of Didactic Development Engineering.