TY - JOUR AU - das Mercês Silva, Sara AU - Pantoja O. Araujo, Fabíola AU - W. da Silva Costa, Saulo AU - Pinheiro Pires, Yomara AU - C. da Rocha Seruffo, Marcos AU - S. Araujo, Josivaldo AU - Adriana N. Silva, Hieda PY - 2020/07/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Game development as a pedagogical mechanism: a report on an experiment in public schools aimed at sustainability and the protection of the environment . JF - Revista Novas Tecnologias na Educação JA - RENOTE VL - 18 IS - 1 SE - Jogos digitais aplicados ao ensino/aprendizagem DO - 10.22456/1679-1916.105933 UR - https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/renote/article/view/105933 SP - AB - <p>Educational games have been designed in this study with the aim of<br />arousing an interest in environmental education among 5th grade student , which<br />involve making sustainable use of the river that flows through the municipality of<br />Inhangapi, located in the North-East of Para State´. The students’ gain in<br />knowledge regarding the subjects covered in class was assessed at the end of the<br />students´ game activities that involved the subjects taught. The results showed that<br />the use of game construction contributed to the teaching and learning process with<br />regard to the concepts of Computing and environmental education because almost<br />60 % of the students correctly applied what they had been taught about game<br />construction.</p> ER -