Avaliação do uso de jogos didáticos e aplicativo no ensino de estrutura atômica

Abstract

The abstraction of concepts in Chemistry teaching is very common and can hinder the understanding of contents in this subject, making pertinent the discussions that aim to improve the teaching-learning process. Thus, among the various ways of making progress possible, alternative methodologies that can facilitate learning stand out, like didactic games and the use of apps. With this, the present work shows the development, application and evaluation of the use in the classroom of two didactic games: “Chernobyl attacks” and “Nobel or nothing” and the application “RApp Chemistry (A)” to work on the contents of atomic structure, radioactivity and periodic table, respectively. The development of this work took place in two firstyear classes of high school at a Integral State Citizen School located in the city of João Pessoa – PB. The proposed methodology was developed in only one class (Class A) while in the other (Class B) the traditional teaching method prevailed. To acquire the results, the methodology was evaluated qualitatively upon observation during the development of the work. Also questionnaires and an evaluaative test were applied at the end of the teaching process to obtain the quantitative results. In the application of the game “Chernobyl attacks”, when asked about the role of the games as a way to better understand the radioactivity content, the majority voted grade 3 on a scale ranging from 1 to 5. Despite this, 66.7% voted 4 and 5 in relation to arousing interest regarding the content. About the application of the “Nobel or nothing”, 81.3% voted 4 and 5 related to improving the understanding of the content of the periodic table, demonstrating the attractive potential of the tool. Concerning the use of the augmented reality app, 81.3% rated it maximum and the remaining 18.7% rated it 4. In addition, when all the content was explained in both classes, it was observed that 40% of class A and only 20.5% of class B scored between 8.0 and 10.0 in the final evaluation test. Thus, the applied games and app proved to be an important tool for teaching Chemistry.