Avaliação da plataforma wordwall para aprendizagem de genética no ensino médio

Abstract

The frequent changes that occur in educational field give rise to challenges in teaching within the classroom. In this scenario, it is necessary for teachers to reinvent themselves in order to seek support in the digital tools that best fit the teaching and learning process. In the pedagogical context, the use of active methodologies awakens in students the search for knowledge in an active and participatory way, for example, through the use of the Wordwal platform that serves to create interactive, personalized and gamified activities l. Given the above, the general objective of this work is to evaluate the use of the Wordwall platform as a pedagogical tool to assist in the learning of Genetics content in high school. The methodology started with the application of a previous questionnaire on the content of genetics to identify the students' level of knowledge, and then Wordwall platform games were applied. Subsequently, the same questionnaire was applied to verify whether the platform helped students in their learning. The average of correct answers of the participating students regarding the questionnaire prior to the games was 69% and the percentage of correct answers after applying the games increased by 11.8%, reaching the value of 80.8% of correct answers, considered an excellent level of success. learning. Most students (93.5%) evaluated the methodology used as “very good” and 6.5% evaluated it as “good”. The results obtained showed benefits regarding the use of the platform as a didactic resource, as well as the majority of students reported that the platform is important to help with genetics content. Therefore, it is a fact that the use of the platform is of great relevance for the teaching and learning of subjects considered difficult, as is the case with genetics content.