Avaliação da aprendizagem em química orgânica no ensino médio: um estudo descritivo

Abstract

In this research work were analyzed different evaluative strategies for the assessment of school learning in organic chemistry, specifically the contents: properties and classification of carbon, classification of carbon chains, naming organic compounds and isomerism. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis it was possible to apply diverse evaluation methods. Among the methods analyzed evaluation generally used in high school there are the tests with multiple choice questions and open questions. The application of these methodologies represent a coherent analysis of learning curricula established by the National Curriculum Guidelines for Secondary Education, for the student must submit prior knowledge of the subject, besides stimulating the previous study. We used the drama on topics of organic chemistry, such as bodily functions and environmental chemistry, in which the survey participants-students expressed through plays using the performing arts as a means of expression, besides representing the harmful effects of drugs and relate them to the curricular knowledge of amine functions. All presentations were documented on video for later analysis. It was also proposed the use of seminars as evaluation procedure where the students could express different themes divided into groups. Students also made the creation of comic books on subjects of organic chemistry, analysis of the provisions of the talks and their relation to the theme and the consistency of the chemical knowledge were the key criteria that were listed for grading. In each test method, a survey was conducted of the marks obtained in each evaluation procedure. It is noticed that the assessment of learning goes beyond simply assigning grades to student performance, because not always the assigned values resonate with effective learning. The text production was also a valuation methodology applied to students of the searched class. It was proposed that they prepare a report on the practical study of esters and their reaction with sodium hypochlorite. Soon after the experiment conducted in the interdisciplinary lab school science, it was proposed to students the individual elaboration of a practice report and an analysis of aspects such as writing on the subject and analyzing the results and discussions with inherent scientific methodology elements.