Avaliação da aprendizagem no ensino médio: as concepções dos professores de física sobre o uso da observação e dos registros para avaliar

Abstract

The present paper aims to know the conceptions of high school physics’ teachers of public and private schools located in Teresina-PI, about the use of observation and written accounts in the assessment of learning process. Thus, a qualitative research was accomplished, with a strong descriptive characteristic. The necessary information to our study was provided by semi-structured interviews. The collected data were analyzed using content analysis according to the view of Bardin (1995) and the results revealed a conception and, consequently, a purpose to assessment of learning still stuck in the traditional perspective to examine, to measure, to classify students into approved or disapproved, even with the use of observation as written accounts. Nevertheless, it was possible to distinguish, simultaneously, a movement, although visibly syncretic, regarding the majority of the subjects who joined the survey, toward an attempt of conception change and as a result, a change of his/her practice of assessment of learning.