O uso de mapas conceituais na avaliação de saberes emestrutura da matéria no ensino básico

Abstract

This paper presents the use of conceptual maps as an evaluation tool in basic education in the field of natural science, which takes place in a public polytechnic school in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The authors admitted the assessment as emancipatory, having as a theoretical framework the ideas of meaningful learning of Ausubel and his followers, assessing maps developed by students and weaving reflections on their use. The analyzed maps were produced after investigative activities, and its complexities were evaluated based on the occurrence of connective, arrows and the number of relationships established between the physical concepts related to the subject: material structure. The students extended their interdisciplinary and multi-level comprehensions on the addressed scientific concepts, and they became capable to communicate in a less formal way, broader, both dynamical and complex, similar to the hierarchical structure of contemporary science. Keywords: Conceptual Maps. Science Teaching. Meaningful Learning. Polytechnic High School Education.