Aplicação de gamificação em disciplina de algoritmos em grafos na UFC Campus Russas para melhoria do desempenho dos alunos

Abstract

Today, teaching challenges are discussed and improved to develop increasingly easier learning methods. Addressing this concept, gamification in IT is a highly effective method, given that student culture is closely linked to games. The importance of graph theory in college is invaluable. Therefore, this research aims to evaluate the impact of games on graphs, addressing them through gamification, for learning both the concepts and implementation of graphs through practical and theoretical application activities. The study was administered to a class of approximately 50 students and compared with the previous class to understand the impact of gamification. In addition, a form was created to gather feedback from both classes: the previous class regarding their thoughts on implementing gamification in the subject and the class that implemented it regarding their thoughts on its application. The first form contained questions with only five answers: "I completely agree, I agree, I don’t care, I disagree,"and "I completely disagree."From there, the impact of applying gamification to the subject will be understood. In the class where it was administered, a more discursive form was used to ensure data collection was more subjective and the results were more personal and informative, allowing for a broad view. During data collection, it was found that 100% of students would like to learn other content with gamification.