Corrida do conhecimento para o aprendizado de genética

Abstract

The content covered in genetics teaching is generally difficult to understand. Therefore, practices that facilitate student learning are necessary. Therefore, this work aimed to: develop a didactic game based on active methodology that effectively assists in the teaching-learning process in genetics, and that can be applied to third-year high school students. To this end, a track game entitled “Knowledge race for the apprenticeship of Genetics” was designed. This game underwent validation at the Instituto Federal do Piauí/Campus Teresina Central establishments during the second period of 2024, being applied, firstly, to 12 students from the Full Degree course in Biological Sciences who had already studied the subjects of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Instrumentation and, later, to a third-year class of the Integrated Accounting Technician course that had already had contact with Genetics content. The use of the didactic game as a learning method proved to be effective in facilitating the learning of Genetics content, arousing interest in students and enabling the understanding of the concepts involved in the area in question.