Jogos digitais para o ensino da biologia evolutiva

Abstract

The process of teaching and learning the contents of Biology must be carried out in an articulated and inseparable way of the other sciences and, mainly, be worked in a contextualized way with the reality of the student and their learning needs. In this context, digital games can enhance the construction of teaching and learning, since they consist of adopting elements of games to motivate and assist students and teachers in solving problems, promoting content mediation. Therefore, this research has the following problematic: What is the contribution of digital games in education for the teaching of evolutionary biology? We investigated the conceptions about the evolutionary biology contents of 3rd year high school students of the Doze de Novembro State College, in the municipality of Realeza - PR, using digital games, from the Kahoot! Platform. The activities were developed from a research of a qualitative nature related to the use of digital games, and based on bibliographic studies on the problem of teaching evolutionary biology. On the empirical side, through questionnaires and the chi-square test, the students' knowledge about the evolution content before and after the application of the games was verified. You can consider the game Kahoot! as a facilitator in teaching evolution, since the proportion of correct answers increased after students used the game. In addition, the play activity has created an interaction and relaxed atmosphere that may have contributed to a better understanding of the subject.