A utilização da aprendizagem baseada em jogos para auxiliar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem na área de infraestrutura de transportes

Abstract

The use of games in an attempt to improve students' learning is a practice that has been used in view of innovation and the use of technologies in the university environment. Thus, educational applications such as Kahoot can be used to capture the skills and weaknesses of their users. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the efficiency of the application of Kahoot in the undergraduate students' learning in the disciplines of Road Infrastructure Design and Construction and of the Design and Construction of the Road Superstructure of the Civil Engineering course of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Through the mentioned application, games of multiple choice questionnaires were formulated, for each discipline, which were related to the subjects taught in the classroom. After this step, the students answered a questionnaire to evaluate how satisfied they were with the application. It was concluded that, in general, it was a positive experience for the students, where, in the questionnaire games, the rate of correctness was greater than that of errors and, in the satisfaction questionnaire, the students indicate learning through of the application, showing itself willing for future Kahoot applications.