A neurociência cognitiva como base da aprendizagem de geometria molecular : um estudo sobre atributos do funcionamento cerebral relacionados à memória de longo prazo

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Kleyfton Soares da
• Orientador(a): Fonseca, Laerte Silva da
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática
• Palavras-chave em Português: Química; Ensino de química; Ensino médio; Moléculas; Neurociência cognitiva; Memória de longo prazo; Geometria molecular; Estratégias pedagógicas
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Teaching of chemistry; Molecular geometry; Cognitive neuroscience; Pedagogical strategies; Long term memory
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO
• Link de acesso: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/8229

The understanding of molecular geometry at the level of High School has been hampered by the lack of theoretical and methodological investment that leads to the conscious application of the chosen didactic resources. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of pedagogical resources, as physical and virtual molecular models, in the learning and development of visuospatial abilities associated to the notions of molecular geometry. The experimental research was conducted under the methodological pillars of Michèle Artigue's Classical Didactic Engineering (1989), which resulted in the conception, realization, observation and evaluation of a didactic sequence based on Cognitive Neuroscience, more specifically, in educational processes that suggest the efficient acquisition, consolidation and evocation of the Long-term Memory (LTM). In the neurosciences, theoretical support was sought from authors such as Kandel (2014), Gazzaniga et al. (2006) Izquierdo (2011) to study some characteristics of memory and external influences for its consolidation. In the educational field, the work of Cosenza and Guerra (2011) on emotion, attention and memory factors in school learning, as well as pedagogical principles based on scientific evidences from the fields of psychology, education and neuroscience presented by the Science of Learning Research Centre (Australia). Nine high school students who had already studied molecular geometry were submitted to a set of three activities over a period of one month and qualitatively assessed as to the memory traces related to the learning before and after the didactic intervention. The instruments for the data collection consisted of field diary and tests. The results showed that the multisensorial resources provided better engagement and contributed to the consolidation and evocation of episodic memories associated to the learning of chemical concepts within a meaningful context. The manipulation of physical molecular models contributed to the evaluation of students' errors, while the virtual models contributed to the perception and correction of errors.