Software interativo como ferramenta para a otimização do ensino de biologia celular

Abstract

The learning of Cell Biology in High School presents some obstacles to students, which are intrinsic to the content. First, there is a relatively extensive vocabulary of terms that is not part of everyday life. Second point, these terms may relate in complex ways that are difficult to assimilate. Finally, several biological processes take place in dynamic steps, which can be difficult to infer from static images. The general objective of this work is to develop an educational software that could aid in the teaching and learning process of Cell Biology in High School. Two principles used in the tool were the interactivity and graphical animation. The research had as a universe two first year classes of an Integrated Technical High School Course in Agroecology and Informatics totaling 80 students of a public federal school of the State of Paraná and it was based in the development, application and effectiveness test of a game having as focus the teaching of protein synthesis and its mechanisms of functioning, a subject linked to the study of Cell Biology. Efficacy tests were performed through an application of an open question, in order to evaluate the level of the students’ knowledge on the subject after an expositive class and a later application of the same question as an post evaluation, after the application of the game in class. The results were evaluated and characterized from four categories of learning in Biology, such as, Nominal, Functional, Structural and Multidimensional in ascending order of learning level. As a result, we verified by the evolution of the questions formulated by the students, given the aforementioned categories, that the product had a positive influence on learning and can contribute to the dynamism in the teaching of Cell Biology in High School.