O uso de estratégias de gamification, nas aulas de matemática no ensino fundamental, a fim de despertar interesse por Cursos de Engenharia

Abstract

Faced with a relative improvement in the quality of education in Brazil, one of the greatest challenges remains the teaching of mathematics. In this context, most engineering courses face serious evasion problems, especially in the basic cycle. In order to contribute to the improvement of this scenario, the present project seeks to introduce new concepts and strategies during mathematics classes, avoiding conventional teaching standards and adopting Gamification as an alternative for students' engagement and encouragement. Gamification strategies can bring greater attractiveness to the content presented, making students assimilate it more easily, as well as presenting mathematics in a dynamic way, showing their everyday applications. One of the tools used in this project was Kahoot, a question and answer game in which students participate, by means of network, using computers, tablets or smartphones and monitor their performance individually and privately. Besides the motivational character, this tool has an advantage, that is the secrecy of the answer, avoiding some kind of embarrassment among the students. This project is part of an extension grant that aims to engage and prepare elementary students to enter in a qualified way in the courses of Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering of the Federal University of Ceará - Campus Sobral.