About the aims, objects and problems in Brazilian research on Mathematical Modeling in Mathematics Education

This paper presents an analysis of scientific communications published in the IV Mathematical Modeling National Conference (CNMEM in the Brazilian abbreviation), which took place in 2005. The analysis consists of a meta-analytical and content qualitative approach, aided by the software Atlas T.i. The data collected was originated in the above mentioned conference which is the first of the three which will be analyzed in the study that aims to unveil the research on Mathematical Modeling in Brazil. The categories established in this paper and which will be interpreted are: a) Meta-study on Mathematics Modeling; b) Modeling application; c) Articulation between Modeling and other theories, and d) Modeling and teachers education.