Problem solving in science teaching based on an investigative approach

• Main Authors: Elizete Terezinha da Silva, Roberto Araujo Sá, Verônica Tavares Santos Batinga
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná 2019-08-01
• Series: ACTIO: Docência em Ciências
• Subjects: resolução de problemas; ensino por investigação; ciências; ensino fundamental ii; água.
• Online Access: https://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/actio/article/view/9535

This work is part of a broader academic master's research, whose objective is to analyze the potential of a didactic sequence on the theme Water elaborated based on the Problem Solving approach in the context of Research Education. The research was conducted in a 9th grade elementary school class from a public school in São Caetano, Pernambuco, in the discipline of Sciences. Data collection consisted of participant observation and student productions in solving problems and activities performed during sequence development. The data were analyzed based on the students' trajectory in the learning process and elements present in the teaching by investigation. The results indicate that the activities structured for the sequence provided the students with the process of knowledge search and the development of skills, such as hypothesis elaboration, experiment planning, discussion and communication of ideas, group work, autonomy and problem solving. . It is also important to identify the epistemic and pedagogical dimensions of knowledge during the actions developed by the students in the sequence activities. The approach of science contents in the context of the theme Water provided the construction of chemical concepts by the students, in a meaningful way, during the activities lived in the sequence.