Análise do desenvolvimento de elementos do pensamento científico em atividade de física aplicada

Abstract

This paper had the purpose of identify and caractherize elements of scientific thinking in physics activities in a undergraduate course of Petróleo e Gás with students of third period. To realize this investigation we used etnographic microanalisys which allowed having an aproximation with the students’ interaction. The classes were recorded laboratory classes in audio and video version. Also, we applied a survey with questions about the difficulties that they would pass throughout the physics activities. The conclusion we identified that modeling activities allowed the development of three elements of scientific thinking. In these moments, it was identified the elements: evidence, inference, argue, analysis and investigation. The survey showed that none of the students have had laboratory classes nor scientific methodology before start university. Thus, 46% of the university students choose that report writting is the most difficult activity in the road.