In view of the increasing technological advances, especially with regard to the mobile
technology, and specifically the use of the phone as a resource in school education,
the question defined guideline for this work: how to develop an application that can
be used on mobile for the study of simple and compound interest? This work aimed
to develop an educational application through the platform MIT App Inventor who can
be useful in the study of financial mathematics topics, related to simple and
compound interest. To this end, initially were carried out searches for references on
mobile technology, use of ICTs in education and the importance of financial
mathematics to the formation of the student/citizen. Later, for creating an application
for mobile phones with Android operating system, in which we opted for the use of
the platform MIT App Inventor, with the aid of tutorials available, on its Web site.
Given the importance of the subject, it is essential to the development of new
applications that can serve as resources to teachers in the teaching of mathematics
and that may encourage students to develop skills and abilities in order to meet the
different demands of knowledge needed for decision making regarding the use of the
money conscious. Anyway, as a result of this work was to create an educational
application for mobile devices that can complement the teaching and enhance
learning in interactive, dynamic and constructive.
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