Somando novos talentos para o Brasil: a OBMEP e o desempenho da educação superior

Abstract

The theme of this research is the Brazilian Public School Mathematics Olympiad(OBMEP), a milestone in Mathematics Education in Brazil, both for the number of studentsenrolled and for rewarding, including with Research scholarships, thousands of public schoolstudents. Taking into account the awards for outstanding students at the Olympics and FederalUniversity of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) database, this work aims to analyze the academic trajectoryof the undergraduate student community at UFJF, comparing medalists with non-medalists. Tothis end, data such as scores in the selection process, performance, choice of courses,adherence to affirmative action policies, as well as gender and ethnic-racial criteria will beanalyzed, based on institutional data. Based on these and OBMEP data, this work also seeksto evaluate possible effects of OBMEP on academic performance at UFJF, comparingmedalists with non-medalists, both in terms of admission to the institution, as well as in termsof performance when they were already studying at University. These results will be able, inaddition to outlining a possible profile of the medalists in the institution, to verify whether theOlympics achieved its objective of revealing new talents and supporting public managementin the evaluation of its educational policies and decision-making.