Mapping research about the multiplicative structures field based on the conceptual field theory

Resumo

This article is an excerpt from a completed master’s research and aims to
present a mapping of research on the Field of Multiplicative Structures from the
perspective of the Theory of Conceptual Fields. To this end, we consider a
corpus of master’s and doctoral research defended within the period (1997-
2018) available in the Database of Dissertations and Theses of CAPES. We
used the following search descriptors: “multiplicative structures” and
“Multiplicative Field” and obtained 97 studies. After an initial analysis, we
observed that only 64 studies met our established parameters. Considering this
corpus, we organized the data to show the concentration by type of study, year,
and publication data. Subsequently, we categorized the studies considering the
participants or focus of the studies. The mapping showed few studies had been
developed on combinatorial reasoning from Vergnaud’stheoretical perspective,
many barriers to learning combinatorial concepts, and students have great
difficulties understanding those concepts.