O uso do jogo do tipo escape como ferramenta didática e suas contribuições na construção e avaliação do conhecimento químico no ensino médio

Abstract

Gamification emerges as a proposal to incorporate game elements in contexts outside of games. Thus, this study aims to analyze, based on the students' experience, the potentialities of the Digital Escape Room (DER) in chemistry teaching as an assessment tool and its contributions to the teaching and learning process and the construction of chemical knowledge for first-year high school students, at a private school in the Metropolitan Region of Recife (RMR), through a review of the contents of states of matter, atomic models, chemical elements and their properties, quantum numbers, molecular geometry, inorganic functions, and equation balancing. In this way, we seek to answer the following question: How can gamification through the application of DER-type games contribute to the teaching-learning process and the construction of chemical knowledge for first-year high school students? This objective is based on the understanding that the use of tools, such as games, has the function of attracting and engaging students and filling the gaps resulting from a rigid education that we are currently experiencing. The research is framed in the methodological field as qualitative, with a descriptive nature, based on data analysis. The study developed is based on some relevant concepts of the theoretical context, namely: playfulness, digital technologies, digital games, assessment, and High School. The experience of the class was collected, observed, and analyzed through a questionnaire prepared via Google Forms. This study involved 16 students from the school, of which 87% responded to the form. Through data analysis, it was possible to favorably determine the potential and contributions of DER as a didactic and assessment tool. The study data point to the need for preparation to ensure better immersion, as perceived in the students' statements.