Contributions of a Historical Game Presented Through a Story as a Support to the Teaching of Probability in Elementary School in Brazil

The present study aimed to investigate the learning of probability with a group of students of the fourth year of elementary school in Brazil, taking into account a situation involving the concept of random events through the narrative used in a historical tale called: “Did you know that children played with the game of tiles a long time ago in France?” The Theory of Didactic Situations was used to evaluate the intervention activity that sought the development of competences and abilities related to probability. The results showed that the activities contributed to the teaching and learning of probability, and despite the students having some difficulties, their mistakes guided the teachers/researchers to think about different approaches to the appropriation of knowledge.