Title: Quadratic Functions and their Applications in High School

Author: Ramon de Abreu e Silva
Date and time of defense: November 7 – 10:00 a.m.
Board: Elon Lages Lima (Advisor-IMPA)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Ralph Teixeira (UFF)

Title: Teaching trigonometric ratios using dynamic geometry software

Authors: Anderson da Silva Melo
Michel Bernardo Martins de Almeida
Date and time of defense: June 28 – 14:00
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)
Moacyr Alvim (FGV)

Title: Modular Arithmetic as a Tool for Elementary School Grades
Author: Iury Kersnowsky de Sant’Anna
Date and time of defense: April 17 – 10:30 am
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Lucia Maria Villela (Univ. Severino Sombra)

Title: Topics on teaching fractions

Authors: Michael Cristian Soares dos Santos
Sandro da Costa Loyola
Wagner Rohr Garcez
Date and time of defense: April 15 – 16:00
Board: Marcelo Viana (Supervisor-IMPA)
Leticia Rangel (Co-supervisor-UFRJ)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Cydara Cavedon Ripoll (UFRGS)
Victor Giraldo (UFRJ)

Title: Learning Objects for Teaching Logarithms and Exponentials

Author: Carlos Luiz da Silva Brener
Date and time of defense: April 9 – 2:00 p.m.
Board: Elon Lages Lima (Advisor-IMPA)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Ralph Teixeira (UFF)

Title: Proposals for teaching similarity

Authors: David Braga Pires da Silva
Diogo Dantas de Sousa
Leonardo dos Santos Sá
Date and time of defense: April 5th – 3:30pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)
Moacyr Alvim (Alternate-FGV)

Title: The introduction of the principle of finite induction in primary and secondary education

Authors: Anderson Carvalho dos Santos
Welbert de Oliveira Moutta
Date and time of defense: March 28 – 11:00 a.m.
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Adan Corcho (UFRJ)

Title: The study of lotteries: a motivating and facilitating approach to learning probability in secondary education

Author: Rodrigo Rodrigues Fraga
Date and time of defense: March 22 – 10:00 a.m.
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro (Advisor-IMPA)
Augusto Quadros (IMPA)
Ralph Teixeira (UFF)

Title: Teaching statistics through projects: an experience in the 9th grade of elementary school

Author: Anderson Fernandes Novanta
Date and time of defense: March 22 – 1:30 pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA)
Roberto Imbuzeiro (IMPA)
Angelo Santos Siqueira (Unigranrio)

Title: Teaching graphs of trigonometric functions and an application to music

Author: Flavio Brito Prado
Date and time of defense: March 22 – 3:30 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Moacyr Alvim (FGV)

Title: Teaching the pigeonhole principle in elementary school

Authors: Anderson Luis Barbosa da Costa
Luigi Amato Bragança Amorim
Date and time of defense: March 19 – 3:30 pm
Board: Carlos Gustavo Moreira (Advisor-IMPA)
Roberto Imbuzeiro (IMPA)
Márcia Cerioli (UFRJ)

Title: Calculus in high school

Authors: Bruno Vianna dos Santos
Fabio Luis de Brito
Luiz Amorim Goulart
Date and time of defense: March 8 – 3:00 pm
Board: Marcelo Viana (Advisor-IMPA)
Victor Augusto Giraldo (Advisor-UFRJ)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Isabel Lugão Rios (UFF)
Nei Yoshihiro Soma (ITA)

Title: Analysis of a collection of high school textbooks

Authors: Armanda Salgado Lopes
Cesar Felipe da Silva Coutinho
Cleber Gouvea Fernandes
Edney Dantas de Oliveira
Marcio Azevedo Madjalani
Date and time of defense: March 1st – 4:00 pm
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Antonio Carlos Branco (FGV)

Title: An experiment involving the use of graphing calculators in a public school

Authors: Alan Henriques de Sá
Cassio Roberto Benite
Date and time of defense: March 1st – 2:00pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA)
Eduardo Wagner (IMPA/FGV)
Victor Augusto Giraldo (UFRJ)

Title: The principle of finite induction – A high school approach

Author: Paulo Cesar Antunes Pereira
Date and time of defense: March 01 – 09:30h
Board: Roberto Imbuzeiro (Advisor-IMPA)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Walcyr Santos (UFRJ)

Title: An interactive material for teaching the Pythagorean Theorem

Author: Noel José da Costa
Date and time of defense: February 22 – 16:00
Board: Eduardo Wagner (Advisor-IMPA/FGV)
Paulo Cezar Carvalho (IMPA)
Moacyr Alvim (FGV)

Title: A critical analysis of the OBMEP first phase tests – Level 1

Authors: Clayton Gonçalves Silva
Sandro Vinicius Lopes de Araujo
Date and time of defense: February 20 – 2:30 pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Michel Spira (UFMG)

Title: A critical analysis of the OBMEP first phase tests – Level 2

Authors: Ailton Artimos da Matta
Carlos Fabiano Maciel de Albuquerque
Date and time of defense: February 20 – 3:30 pm
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Michel Spira (UFMG)

Title: A critical analysis of the OBMEP first stage tests – Level 3

Authors: Cláudio Silveira de Souza
Josimar José da Silva
Date and time of defense: February 20 – 16:30
Board: Paulo Cezar Carvalho (Advisor-IMPA)
Carlos Gustavo Moreira (IMPA)
Michel Spira (UFMG)