Gamificação e serious games no ensino da matemática: uma sequência didática sobre operações com números naturais para o ensino fundamental

Abstract

In basic education, it is often possible to observe many unmotivated students in the classroom, especially in classes covering curricular components such as Mathematics. Faced with this, teachers are challenged daily to use methodologies that stimulate student learning. Furthermore, it is known that basic mathematical operations are essential for the student's future studies and also for their everyday life. In this sense, this study aims to analyze the implementation of gamification and serious games in the process of teaching and learning operations with natural numbers, including potentiation. The study is characterized by being a field research and has quantitative and qualitative approaches, using questionnaires and observations as data collection instruments. A didactic sequence was created, divided into seven stages, which proposes the use of gamification and two games (“UNO ASMDP” and “CORRIDA ASMDP”) to teach operations with natural numbers. The didactic sequence was applied to a 6th year elementary school class at a municipal school in São Luís – MA. In conclusion, it was observed that the application of gamification and serious games contributed to a significant increase in students' performance in operations with natural numbers. Furthermore, there was also greater engagement on the part of students in classes. Finally, it is believed that this study contributed to teaching the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and potentiation with natural numbers, by presenting different strategies and generating better results in student motivation and learning