A influência da metodologia de ensino sob o rendimento acadêmico no componente genética geral

Abstract

Considering the difficulty in teaching and learning processes in curricular components whose contents require a high degree of abstraction, such as General Genetics, different reports indicate that the use of alternative teaching strategies can positively influence this relationship. The point of view of this study was to analyze if the teaching methodology influenced the averages score obtained in the Genetic component CCA484-Genética Geral in Biology course of the Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia (UFRB). The data analyzes were carried out from the averages obtained in the discipline by the students in four different semesters. The values reached were stratified in quartiles. The variable Academic Income Index was correlated with the final averages of students exposed to different teaching methodologies. The type of study performed was quantitative and experimental, since there were more than one variable enrolled in the study, such as student groups and methodologies tested, and only the observer remained constant. Considering that the data collected represented the entire universe of students from different classes in the different semesters, experiments and descriptive methods were performed to evaluate possible associations between groups and variables studied. Descriptive measures (position and dispersion), graphics and Pearson's correlation coefficient were also applied. For the associations, the statistical program "R", version 3.4.3 was used. The results showed that the teaching methodologies used did not interfere in the means reached by the students of the curricular component CCA484-General Genetics in the different semesters.