Quente ou frio: elaboração e aplicação de jogo enquanto ferramenta facilitadora no ensino de química.

Abstract

Chemistry Teaching is facing several obstacles; teacher’s choices about the teaching methodology are one of these obstacles. These choices must approach students to the subject and must to promote the comprehension about Chemistry. This work aims to elaborate a game as a pedagogical tool to help the teaching-learning process. This project brings a board game about Thermochemistry and its name is “Quenteou Frio” (in Portuguese) or “Hot N' Cold”. The work was used with students in “EnsinoMédio” (education level in Brazil which is like High School), in the third year (the last year of this level). The school which uses the game is called Escola de Ensino Fundamental e Médio José Maria Pontes da Rocha, found in Tabapuá, district of Caucaia, a city of Ceará, Brazilian state; the city is nearby the capital (Fortaleza). The game works to take a review about Thermochemistry and to motivate students in Chemistry classes. Five classes used the game (two morning classes, two afternoon classes and only one night class). In the end of the class, a little test is used to take opinions about the game importance (to learn Chemistry) and about the subject. Subjective analyses are made too to understand how students accept the game. This research brings the following perception: the students were interested and participative during the class. Their ideas reveal that the game is satisfactory tool to intensify the comprehension about Thermochemistry in Chemistry classes.