Educar pela pesquisa: o ensino da lógica usando o software scratch nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental em uma escola publica de Itacoatiara/Amazonas

Abstract

The problem of today's schools is the difficulties of students in the classroom ranging from the interpretation of a text to solving a simple math problem, or even, when expressing itself in a logical way. Many students have great difficulty expressing their ideas in a logical and organized way. Even if they have great ideas, if they can not express their convictions clearly, they will not be able to sustain them. As in reading or writing, logical reasoning in solving problems is a factor of utmost importance. It is critical that students understand and reason about what is being proposed. In this context the present work aimed to teach the logic and to stimulate the logical reasoning using the educational software scratch guided in the teaching by the research considering students with age between 9 and 12 years of the Municipal School Professora Maria Nira Guimarães. Scratch software enables the user to create and create animations, interactive stories or games, combining graphics, images, photos, music and sounds. The results demonstrate that the use of scratch allowed the learning of basic concepts of logic and the development of students' logical reasoning. In addition, it has aroused students' interest and motivation in researching and seeking new knowledge and learning.