O jogo Matix e a motivação em sala de aula: podem os jogos alterar a rotina escolar?

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the impact that the use of game Matix can provide students of 7th and 8th grade at a school of municipal schools in the city of Mamanguape - PB, as regards participation in the classroom. To obtain response to this goal, launched in describing the experience of discipline Stage Supervised III, because that was valuable to design the insertion of the game in the classroom, as well as probe the participation of groups of 7th and 8th year of school Antonio Garcez. For this, we weave our observations and present the Matix game. From it, we analyze teaching situations regarding the use of the game for the year of operation with whole numbers. To realize these goals, we introduced ourselves to a descriptive qualitative research. As regards the registration and observations, we enter an action research. Among various authors surveyed highlight Brasil (1998); Smole, Diniz and Milani (2007). We conclude that the game has brought positive responses to school dynamics, with regard to greater class participation. As forwarding future research, Matix suggest the game in other schools in the area or larger deepened in content, which may involve more complex operations with other numerical sets.