Perceptions of 9th grade students about the experiments carried out in the Science discipline at a state school in Confresa / MT

Abstract

The use of experiments to teach science is widely discussed, as it is an important strategy that can  facilitate the learning of content and contribute to the construction of scientific thinking. This text is  the result of a study that was carried out at the State School Teotônio Carlos da Cunha Neto, whose  objective was to verify how the experimental activities carried out by different teachers, in classes of  the 9th grade of Elementary School, influenced or not the teaching- students' learning at that school. The research was carried out in the year 2017, to achieve the proposed objective, a qualitative approach  was taken, of a basic nature with exploratory objectives. The study procedures were bibliographic,  documentary and field. A questionnaire with 5 open questions was applied, the analysis of the results  was carried out in the light of the theoretical framework. Through the analyzing the results, it was noted  that the schoolteachers used investigative-type experimentation, in which the performance of an  experimental activity, needs to happen aiming at the students' autonomy. The focus of the other  experimental activities was to relate products and substances present in the students' daily lives.