Laboratório virtual: método pedagógico no ensino de física utilizando o software Modellus

Abstract

The high school students have difficulties learning the concepts of physics. The use of traditional teaching methods and the absence of modern pedagogical means are one of the reasons for this problem. Being an experimental science and abstract concepts, physics becomes a discipline difficult to learn for high school students, because this feature makes it difficult to associate with the real world and, therefore, the interest in learning the subject. Given these evidences, the desire to create a pedagogical material to contribute to the teaching of physics emerged, based on this motivation was created this work with 23 (twenty-three) students of the first year of high school. The aim of this project is to create or modify existing physical laboratories in schools by a virtual computer learning environment, using Modellus software as a meaningful learning tool for kinematic concepts, as well as the creation of a didactic material for the accompaniment. in the use of software using a constructivist approach by Jean Piaget. The results were obtained from the questionnaire with 16 (sixteen) questions, 4 (four) from each simulation, that were answered by the students after the laboratory classes. After an analysis of the results we can infer that the material can be used in a school making the students get more and more motivated minimizing the difficulties in the subject. It was great to know that most would like to get more knowledge using the tool that helped in this work motivating the teacher to continue the project in the other content of physics and, perhaps, a doctorate.