Quimissão: proposta de jogo didático para o ensino de Química

Abstract

Playful activities are an important instrument for teaching Chemistry, especially with regard to those subjects considered by students as the most difficult or uninteresting. Thus, its use has been defended by many researchers, as it provides the development of several skills that are fundamental for learning, such as logical reasoning, the organization of thought and the ability to make decisions. It is also worth remembering that, considering that the student's interest is fundamental for their learning, recreational activities are presented as a motivating tool, since they provide a break with more traditional teaching methodologies, which value the memorization of formulas and concepts, in addition to the realization of exercise lists always at the end of a given content. Therefore, it is interesting that teachers introduce playful activities into their teaching practice that can help in the teaching and learning process. For this, it is necessary that the development of recreational activities, such as card games, board games, among others, happen continuously to meet the peculiar needs of a certain content or a certain group of students. Therefore, this work proposes the construction of a ludic activity through a didactic game of cards and board, with welldefined rules, which addresses several themes that are called missions, which, in turn, are related to a series of questions and responses called tasks, which once answered, have a mission completed. With each mission completed, the player or team conquers a specific territory on the board, related to the mission they completed. The winner is the one who, at the end of the game, dominates the largest territory. Quimissão allows the teacher to check the learning that has already been consolidated and those that have not yet been. Once this is done, it is possible to raise problems and discuss improvements for teaching, especially those related to topics in which students present more difficulties throughout the game.