PEDAGOGICAL GAMES AS A TOOL TO ELUCIATE THE BASIC PROPERTIES OF THE DNA MOLECULE

• Autor(a) principal: Paula, Vinícius Sabino de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Daniela Cristina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Reamec
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/14804
• topic: Aprendizaje; Genética; Siguiendo la enseñanza; Metodologia Activa; Aprendizagem; Genética; Sequência Didática; Metodologia Ativa; Learning; Genetics; Sequence Didactics; Active Methodology

The teaching of genetics is a big challenge faced by high school biology teachers, since there are many abstract concepts, elucidation of molecular processes and interpretation of flat figures. With the purpose of developing the playful side and energizing the context of molecular genetics, this project has as a goal evaluate an investigative didactics sequence based on active learning methods, like the learning based on games and the use of digital communication technologies (TDIC). The methodological processes were divided in two complementary stages, The methodological processes were divided into two complementary steps, the first step is about the chemical composition of the nucleic acids, and on the second step, the processes of duplication of the DNA and the protein synthesis are approached, with problematization, systematization, contextualization and conclusion phases. On these stages, students learned molecular genetics using digital games and investigative teaching. The research was developed in a public school in the town of Nova Mutum /MT, with 44 enrolled students in the third year of high school and evaluated by 22 biology teachers that work in high school. The analysis of the results were  mixed character (qualitative/ quantitative) and it was evaluated by the use of four basic teaching games of molecular genetics. The results before and after it, displayed satisfactory learning indexes from the students, and good indexes from the teachers evaluationDuring the development of the research, it was noticeable the students protagonism in the process of teaching-learning, their interest and esteem for genetics.