Ciências biológicas e a gamificação como instrumento de ensino/aprendizagem em parasitologia com ênfase na acaris lumbricoides com alunos do fundamental II

Abstract

This work aimed to analyze whether the game (virtual game) can be a differentiated tool in the learning of parasitology in Elementary School II, bringing as methodological basis the production of the didactic game in the digital platform Wordwall, with the aim of knowing and learning students about the teaching of parasitology in particular Askaryose with, in view of the limitations of the content present in the textbooks and the traditional ways in which the contents of parasitology are taught. With the use of the didactic game it is possible to highlight the interest, motivation and participation of the students during the intervention that occurred in the classroom. Games can increase social development and facilitate their learning. This is a participant research with a qualitative and quantitative approach with 7th grade students, in which 27 students participated, the students were applied pre-questionnaires to verify the previous knowledge about the subject, after which the exhibition and dialogued class on parasitology and ascaridais was approached, and later the use of the resource was applied and the same questionnaire was reapplied in order to verify if there were changes in relation to these results. The results were very positive, since with the use of the class followed by the digital game, it was observed that the students were able to learn and remember the concepts mentioned, this could be verified based on the post-questionnaire applied to them. It is concluded that these games are capable of stimulating learning, participation and interest of students, thus, they can be considered as an aid resource in teaching-learning of students in the teaching of parasitology.