Concepção de um livro didáctico de experiências caseiras de Física para 8ª e 9ª classe

Abstract

The main objective of this research entitled "Design of a textbook of home physics experiments for 8th and 9th grade", had as its main objective to design the textbook of home physics experiments. For the production of the prototype of the book, the model of Smith and Ragan was obeyed, having as methodology three stages, analysis, strategies and evaluation. As for the objectives, the research is exploratory, descriptive and explanatory. As data collection instruments, the questionnaire and demonstrative experiments were administered. The analysis of data obtained was qualitative and quantitative. In the research, 209 students participated in the sample, 118 females and 91 males, all aged between 13 and 16 years. The results obtained from the questionnaire showed that most of the students had never participated in the experimental activities, which reflects a significant gap in current educational practice. After the intervention with the demonstrative experiments, the prototype of a manual of home physics experiments was produced, which after being evaluated is suggested to be used as an integral instrument of the teaching and learning process, using it as a manual of home physics experiments.