Análise da robótica educacional como instrumento pedagógico no desenvolvimento escolar do ensino fundamental da rede pública

Abstract

The present research deals with the analysis of educational robotics as a pedagogical tool in the school development of 5th-grade students in the public school system of Santa Rita-MA. It concerns a study project on the combination of educational robotics and its contribution to Mathematical Logical thinking allied with technology in the early grades of elementary education. Its objectives are to compare traditional methods of teaching mathematics with active methodologies that use educational robotics; stimulate students' interest in the proposal; analyze the problem-solving ability of the presented problems; evaluate students' cognitive development focused on enhanced mathematics learning with the support of robotics kits, and identify which Computational Thinking skills (pattern recognition, decomposition, algorithms, and abstraction) are related to mathematical logic. The investigation has a practical and exploratory nature, with a qualitative and quantitative approach, of an applied nature, using procedures such as case studies and action research, through the conduct of classes, workshops, and the application of evaluative questionnaires in the initial and final phases of the research. Based on the results and findings, it was observed through the case study that educational robotics not only stimulates and interests children in mathematics but also significantly improves academic performance in that area of knowledge. However, it was not possible to effectively compare traditional methods of teaching mathematics with active methodologies that use educational robotics. Therefore, the research concludes that educational robotics, although it promotes various benefits as a practical teaching methodology, requires resources such as collaborative work, a multidisciplinary team, and adequate funding to have effective relevance