Avaliação do jogo Simcity no ensino de química com alunos do ensino médio em São Vicente do Sul

Abstract

This paper presents a study about students' perception regarding motivation, interaction experience and impact on learning when using the SimCity game in Chemistry teaching. The activity was developed with students from the 3rd grade of High School Integrated to Agriculture course of Instituto Federal Farroupilha - Campus São Vicente do Sul. As methodology, it was employed the evaluation method developed by Savi (2010) based on the Kirkpatrick (1994) training evaluation model, the ARCS motivational strategies model (KELLER, 2009), the user experience area (TAKATALO, 2010) and the Bloom's (1956) educational objectives taxonomy. In general the results were satisfactory, highlighting some motivation items, such as attention and trust. Also, the challenge and fun items that compose the user experience, have highlighted positively. About the perception of building chemistry knowledge, only a half part of the students understood on this way, however, in the texts written by the students at the end of the activity it is clear the application of knowledge in the game strategies. In this way, the use of the game was considered effective in the construction of chemistry knowledge, as well as the evaluation method used provided the necessary efficiency for teacher's reality.