Webquest e gamificação como estratégia de aprendizagem no ensino médio integrado do Instituto Federal do Amapá – campus Macapá

Abstract

The research aimed to investigate the potential of gamification combined with webquest as a learning strategy in high school integrated in the Computer Maintenance and Installation component of the Federal Institute of Amapá, Campus Macapá. For this, students from a first-year class of the technical course in Computer Networks of Vocational and Technological Education of Middle Level were invited to participate as research subjects. An applied research was adopted, with experimental research procedures and a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach. Personalized questionnaires with semi-structured open and closed questions were used in a test format to collect data from the public involved. As a main resource, a gamified environment was created using the Kahoot platform and a web environment using the Google Sites platform. These resources were applied along the investigative path and later, together with the group of students. It was verified that the use of Kahoot and the webquest promoted an improvement in the students' learning, revising and reinforcing the concepts learned in a fun, collaborative, engaging, motivating and interesting way. These learning tools were used as a technological educational product. Thus, the research contributed to the understanding of the potential of gamification and webquest as learning strategies, providing subsidies for future research and improvements in integrated secondary education.