Abordagens cronológicas no ensino de matemática financeira

Abstract

This paper proposes an introductory approach to Financial Math teaching in high-school, what we called Chronological Approach, that is, an approach that values the natural ow of time, which analyzes step by step the evolution of a debt or of an investment. This way, we can have the student analyzing what really happens in each period, drawing conclusions and, thus, becoming autonomous. As theoretical foundation, we looked through Mathematics History for explanations for the usual practices in the market, especially the ones that appears to have culminated in the emerging of the number e.