O jogo digital Quiz PG para o aprendizado de progressão geométrica

Abstract

Geometric Progression is a content of Mathematics that is part of the school curriculum of Basic Education and, as digital culture has attracted many people today, this research aimed to analyze what results the digital game Quiz PG can produce from its didactic use for learning the content of Geometric Progression (P.G.). The specific objectives were to identify the possibilities and limitations of the Quiz PG digital game in building the P.G. knowledge of first year high school students; to see how the Quiz PG digital game contributes to the learning process based on students' perception; to compare the development of P.G. learning. G. through class notes, proposed activities on A4 paper and through the digital game; developing the digital Quiz PG game using the language of the Inventor App; developing a textbook for mathematics teachers with a proposed didactic sequence to use the digital Quiz PG game. This research is exploratory of the participant type and qualitative approach, conducted with 16 students from a first year high school class, in the State School Prof. Margarez Mª Santos Lacet. The production of the data took place through the activities performed in moments of learning construction through class notes on the board and problem solving executed manually, as well as the use of the game built with the programming language of App Inventor 2 (AI2). In addition, a questionnaire was applied with objective and discursive questions regarding the evaluation that each participant made of the game interface used during the teaching and learning process of P.G. In addition to these records, the method of participant observation and the use of field diary was used, which contains records of events that were relevant during the research, as well as ideas and concerns that emerged. It was noted that a minority of students actively participated in the lecture and explanation of P.G.'s content, using the lecture notes on the board. The digital game Quiz PG elaborated in AI2 contributed to the learning process due to its interactivity, possibility of accessing the content via YouTube, mobility, immediate feedback of the answers to the problems, entertainment, game experience with mathematical problem solving and had good acceptance by the students due to the motivation coming from the act of playing, thus providing the engagement of all the participants of the research during the game. It was also possible to notice that the subjects involved felt more motivated to respond to the problems proposed in the game due to the feedback they received. As an educational product, a teaching manual for mathematics teachers was developed with a proposed didactic sequence to use the digital Quiz PG game.