Gamificação: Uma abordagem de ensino para os nativos digitais

Abstract

This work had as thematic the gamification in science classes as a teaching strategy for digital natives. Two questionnaires were used to analyze the relevance in the learning process (including profile of students and previous classes), and several elements of structural gamification were introduced in the Science’s classes of two different 7th grade classrooms of an Elementary School in Barueri-SP. With each element adopted in the pedagogical practice, its influence in the student’s motivation and engagement was qualitatively analyzed. It’s possible to conclude that gamification, as a pedagogical strategy, is a valuable resource for teachers who seek a differential in their methodology and in a long term contributes to the quality of learning, demonstrating that students would benefit greatly from classes that also adopted content’s gamification.