Avaliação de aplicativos de Química: uma investigação através do Modelo de Avaliação de Aplicativos Educacionais

Abstract

The presence of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DIT) in education has grown significantly over the years. This growth can be seen mainly in the frequent use of smartphones and tablets in the classroom, and in the number of applications (apps) for educational purposes available on digital platforms. For the teaching and learning of Chemistry, and specifically the subarea of organic chemistry, the contributions that help the understanding of this Science are unlimited, based on the visualization and interaction provided by the available applications. However, for a conscious and objective use of this tool, it is necessary that the teacher knows how to administer it in a structured way to achieve positive results in the students' learning process. Thus, the present work aims to develop a new model based on technical and pedagogical aspects, existing in evaluation models of Digital Educational Games (DEG) incorporating Bloom's Taxonomy, in addition to analyzing Organic Chemistry applications (Apps). available for free on the Google Play® platform. To achieve this, the methodological path consists of 4 steps: 1) Survey of organic chemistry applications available on Google Play® through the latent corpus; 2) Survey of models and evaluation instruments for educational digital games on the Google Scholar platform; 3) Development of a model for evaluating apps; 4) Analysis of chemistry applications found in the latent corpus, according to the model for evaluating the proposed applications. The results show that there is a diversity of organic chemistry applications, as well as JED assessment models, contributing to the development of the Educational Application Assessment Model (EAAM), composed of categories and requirements that make up technical and pedagogical aspects found and adapted from the DEG models analyzed. Furthermore, based on the EAAM produced, we analyzed Organic Chemistry applications, identifying characteristics that can be used in teaching chemistry, including: quiz characteristics, good technical functioning, levels of complexity in the content, among others. Finally, research indicates that EAAM has the potential to assist teachers in choosing applications available in application stores, given its focus on technical and pedagogical aspects that influence student learning, in addition to being able to be used for the construction of new applications in different areas, in addition to Chemistry teaching.