Uma proposta de avaliação diagnóstica no curso de licenciatura em química

Abstract

The present work aims to report the research process developed, based on a proposal for the application of diagnostic assessment with a group of newcomers to the General Chemistry discipline of a Degree in Chemistry, as well as to emphasize the advances and challenges faced by the throughout that movement. This evaluation had the function of diagnosing the qualities and insufficiencies of the students in the themes that, in theory, were already taught, or partially taught, in High School. Such action is justified by the high failure rates in this discipline, leading to possible dropout. Such rates can be justified both by the deficit of Brazilian secondary education and by the high expectations expected by university professors.Thus, data were collected from newcomers to the course during the beginning of the semester in remote classes in the discipline of General Chemistry I, through an online questionnaire. The results indicated that actions are necessary and PreChemistry is something that can be developed, after all, this project could level the students, enabling them to learn the basic concepts of Chemistry and thus proceed with more conditions in the Licentiate Degree in Chemistry course.