Ouroboros - Playing A Biochemical

• Main Authors: D. T. Rodrigues, M. C. Gayer, D. F. Escoto, E. L.G. Denardin, D. Roehrs
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, SBBq 2014-08-01
• Series: Journal of Biochemistry Education
• Subjects: games, teaching and learning, biochemistry
• Online Access: http://bioquimica.org.br/revista/ojs/index.php/REB/article/view/339

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><strong>Ouroboros: Playing A Biochemical</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">RODRIGUES,D.T.</span></span>^{<span lang="en-US">1,2</span>}<span lang="en-US">;GAYER, M.C.</span>^{<span lang="en-US">1,2</span>}<span lang="en-US">; ESCOTO, D.F.</span>^{<span lang="en-US">1</span>}<span lang="en-US">; DENARDIN, E.L.G.</span>^{<span lang="en-US">2</span>}<span lang="en-US">, ROEHRS, R.</span>^{<span lang="en-US">1,2</span>}</span></span></p> <p>^{<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">1</span></span></span>}<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">Interdisciplinary Research Group on Teaching Practice, Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Unipampa, RS, Brazil</span></span></span></p> <p><a name="_GoBack"></a>^{<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">2</span></span>}<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">Laboratory of Physicochemical Studies and Natural Products, Post Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Unipampa, RS, Brazil</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><strong>Introduction</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">: Currently, teachers seek different alternatives to enhance the teaching-learning process.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">Innovative teaching methodologies are increasingly common tools in educational routine.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">The use of games, electronic or conventional, is an effective tool to assist in learning and also to raise the social interaction between students.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><strong>Objective:</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"> In this sense our work aims to evaluate the card game and "</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><em>Ouroboros</em></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">" board as a teaching and learning tool in biochemistry for a graduating class in Natural Sciences.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><strong>Materials and methods:</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"> The class gathered 22 students of BSc in Natural Sciences.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">Each letter contained a question across the board that was drawn to a group to answer within the allotted time.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">The questions related concepts of metabolism, organic and inorganic chemical reactions, bioenergetics, etc.. Before the game application, students underwent a pre-test with four issues involving the content that was being developed. Soon after, the game was applied. Then again questions were asked. Data analysis was performed from the ratio of the number of correct pre-test and post-test answers.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><strong>Results and discussion: </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">In the pre-test 18.1% of the students knew all issues, 18.1% got 3 correct answers, 40.9% answered only 2 questions correctly and 22.7% did not hit any. In post-test 45.4% answered all the questions right, 31.8% got 3 questions and 22.7% got 2 correct answers. The results show a significant improvement of the students about the field of content taught through the game.</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"> Generally, traditional approaches of chemistry and biochemistry are abstract and complex. Thus, through games, an easy and fun way to learn, it is possible to favor learning and student interest. Games for teaching biochemistry can be used in both undergraduate and basic education.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span lang="en-US">Keywords: games, teaching and learning, biochemistry.</span></span></span></p>