Atividade experimental e o desenvolvimento de habilidades de investigação científica em um clube de ciências

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the context of an Investigative Experimental Activity on types of mixtures and the possibilities of developing research skills of 6th grade students. The research emerges from participation as a teacher monitor in a science club where practical activities are developed. The Investigative Experimental Activities are developed as a pedagogical resource in education, as it presents, in the context of the activities, among other aspects, greater participation of students, and also provides the opportunity to develop teaching and learning, using Investigative Teaching, approached in science teaching. The research approach was classified as participant, in the qualitative bias, with exploratory and descriptive characteristics, in the development of Investigative Experimental Activities entitled “Daily mixtures”. For this, we used the use of a four-stage Investigative Teaching Sequence (ITS), in the perspective that students had investigative skills according to the investigative levels established in the research. As instruments of data constitution were used the video recordings, audio recordings, with subsequent transcription of the speech of the subjects. We chose to use Content Analysis to interpret information obtained from the experimental context. The survey participants involved three teaching teachers and eight students of the 6th grade of elementary school. The activities were held at the Science Club “Prof. Dr. Cristovam W. P. Diniz” of the Federal University of Pará - Castanhal / Pa campus. The results demonstrate the relevance of Investigative Experimental Activities as an alternative in the teaching and learning process, as it contributes to the development of research skills and constant transformation in search of students' autonomy for a scientific formation. The research product consists of a video that guides and demonstrates the stages of investigative experimentation. It also highlights the interactions of the participants of the Investigative Experimental Activity, in order to collaborate with the teacher's work for the emergence and development of research skills. among the students.