Ensino de pensamento computacional para alunos do ensino básico usando computação desplugada

Abstract

Programming is very present in the reality of people and that is why its application in the daily life of Brazilian schools is necessary. When teaching Computational Thinking (PC) we do not intend to to train future programmers, but productive, creative professionals and qualified for the job market. With this project we develop students' ability to solve problems innovative, we work on the social interaction of students and increase the PC in the students' routine through computing resources unplugged (CD). CD is a relatively new term and has been spread quickly due to its ease of implementation, since, the use of computers is not required. From a extensive literature review, we developed a workshop for teaching the PC using unplugged computing. The workshop was held with students of the fifth year of elementary school in a public school in Monte Carmelo-MG and had a total of six classes that exposed concepts basic programming o (variable, algorithm, condition, among others) by through innovative and original dynamics. The students were divided into three teams (Blue, Black and Red) and aimed to carry out the dynamics proposed and, thus, accumulate points so that in the end they receive the awards. The main difficulties encountered were in relation to the organization of the time provided for completing the exercises, the development of group work and the interpretation of activities. The groups diverged a lot in relation to performance, but in general achieved satisfactory results. In addition, more than 90% of students believe that the workshop allowed to improve the logical reasoning and also the social interaction.