Computer Science – Learning
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jse....11...36a&link_type=abstract
Journal of Science Education (ISSN 0124-5481), vol. 11, p. 36-38
Computer Science
Learning
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Methodology Of Teaching, Significant Learning, Astronomy
Scientific paper
This present paper is about the intervention of teaching methodologies which was realised at the State School of Colõnia dos Pescadores in the City of Caraguatatuba. This school takes three classes of the third year of a high school, and 119 students aged between 16 and 19 years were involved. Before starting the intervention, a questionnaire of twenty dissertate and objective questions was dealt, applied by the teacher of the class who gave the corresponding lessons. This questionnaire was the same one in all three classes with the objective to diagnose the previous knowledge of Astronomy of the students. Starting the intervention in the classes, the involved teacher used three diferent teaching methodologies: (A) in form of seminars, prepared and presented by students, in which the teacher makes only the necessary interventions, (B) in traditional form, with the help of multimedia for the development of lessons and the third (C) the traditional, making exclusive use of chalkboard and chalk. At the end of the work the students answered the questionnaire again, so that the three used methods could be compared. They now presented better applications, the initial results were compared at the end. When the students were initially asked about the meaning of Astronomy, it was noticed that class A got 100% right answers, class B got 64% and class C got 84%. But, after the intervention, they got 100%, 97% and 85% respectively, what proved a clearly knowledge assimilation. When they were asked about how many planets there are in our solar system, class A got 39% right answers, class B got 48% and class C got 46%; but after the development of the activities, they got respectively 94%, 97%, and 90%. Finally, the learning was that meaningful that the students even produced comics with very rich information. Another very important finding is that despite the theme Astronomy is widely recommended, it is not taught - neither at elementary schools nor at high schools.
Albrecht Evonir
Voelzke Marcos Rincon
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