A gamificação como estratégia metodológica para o ensino de química na forma de trilhas de aprendizagem

Abstract

It is a consensus in the technical-scientific literature that the inclusion of innovative tools with the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICTs), associated with gamification strategies have proven to be alternatives to make Chemistry teaching more dynamic and attractive.In this sense, this work developed a gamified system formed by learning trails with Chemistry contents of the 1st grade of regular High School and was applied with high school students from public schools in order to evaluate its potential for improving the learning process. The methodology adopted consisted of building a gamified system called “The Nucleus: the mystical city of knowledge”, which took place through learning trails organized in phases and levels, considering the degree of difficulty of the contents. For the construction of the system, the Google Forms tool was use, in which the contents were approache considering David Ausubel's Theory of Meaningful Learning and in a personalized way, so that the students could advance in the tracks according to their learning pace. Students were satisfied with the proposal presented and, despite demonstrating difficulty in handling the system, 81.4% marked good or great when asked about their interest and engagement in overcoming the challenges and completing the activity. It was also possible to contribute to the students' knowledge to obtain a meaningful learning of Chemistry such as in the content simple and compound substances that, according to the analysis of the graphs presented difficulty in their concept, which was minimized along the trails. In this way, it is believed that the use of gamification strategies, such as the one presented in this work, can significantly contribute to facilitate the learning of Chemistry in virtual teaching and learning environments, increasing the classes or even in extra hours, facilitating its acceptance by students and teachers.