Game Aventura Medieval: uma possibilidade de aprender tópicos de cinemática na 1ª série do ensino médio

Abstract

The present study presents a proposal for the development and application of software as a learning tool in the Physics discipline. Medieval Adventure, an educational object used in the research, is a 2D Adventure game developed in the Unity game engine with the help of the C# programming language, which addresses the concepts of Kinematics, content normally seen in the first grade of high school. The digital game has open access in the Android operating system and PC. To check the game's learning possibilities, users will have to complete missions established according to the progression of the maps, which address physical concepts contextualized with the needs of each situation found on the map. After completing the respective missions, the player is given rewards as incentives to continue using the game. The research participants for data collection are students in the first year of high school at a private school, located in the metropolitan region of the capital of São Paulo. The type of research used to evaluate the results will be qualitative, aiming to analyze the students' learning signs before and after using Aventura Medieval to later fill out a questionnaire about their impressions regarding the use of digital technologies in the learning processes, as well as giving feedback on the dynamics in which the game is used. The results sought to verify the students' strategies for completing the game and analyze whether the use of Medieval Adventure contributed to the learning of Kinematics concepts using the Content Analysis technique.