A utilização da gameficação como estratégia de engajamento dos alunos em sala de aula

Abstract

With a world increasingly immersed in technology, it is common to witness children and young people using such means for fun and entertainment. These events have direct impacts on education, which has undergone several transformations. Institutions, together with teachers, need to be attentive in seeking methodologies and tools that raise the interest of students in the classroom. With this, gamification appears as an alternative for schools, bringing the characteristics of games to classroom activities. With this in mind, this work aims to investigate how the application of gamified tools in the classroom increases students' interest in the content taught, with the benefit of greater participation and engagement. The tools applied with the teachers were Kahoot! and Socrative, so that it was possible to analyze their usability and collect feedback from teachers, through the application of a questionnaire, on the contribution of these tools to the engagement and interest of students in activities. From the teachers' responses, it was noticed that both tools had good evaluations both in terms of usability and their contribution to more dynamic classes through the elements of gamification. Therefore, the possibility of inserting these tools in the educational environment is evidenced, becoming another alternative to combat educational disinterest.