O uso da construção de modelos para o ensino da meiose

Abstract

The curricular components of Biology related to Cytology, in specific, the topic related to meiosis, are considered difficult to understand and its nature is abstract. Thus, the present study presents the results of an intervention project carried out with students in the first year of High School at a private school in João Monlevade town, MG, Brazil. From the intervention work, the possible contributions of the construction of models were analyzed to explain the process of meiosis for the student learning. For this, a logbook, a questionnaire and a qualitative analysis of the data obtained was carried out. The results show that the use of model construction accompanied by other teaching activities can assist in the student learning. After the construction of models carried out by students, it was observed that the strategy contributed to the understanding of the structures that involve the process of meiosis, as well as the definition of the concept and understanding of crossing-over, corroborating that the use of model construction can contribute to the approach of content considered difficult by both students and teachers.