Desempenho das funções executivas em crianças do ensino fundamental: estudo com intervenção de atividade de pensamento computacional desplugada

• Ano de defesa: 2023
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Lidiane Beatriz Ribeiro Sousa da
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Brasil; UFRN; PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM INOVAÇÃO EM TECNOLOGIAS EDUCACIONAIS
• Palavras-chave em Português: Pensamento computacional; Atividades desplugadas; Funções executivas; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/55290

Debates about the importance of stimulating, from the early years of Elementary School, skills such as logical reasoning and problem solving, are essential for citizens of the 21st century and help in the development of Executive Functions. Thus, one should think about strategies to facilitate and optimize processes and to solve problems. That said, the general objective of this study is to analyze whether Computational Thinking (PC) Unplugged can contribute to the performance of Executive Functions; and specific objectives are: a) Use cognitive training and sessions of Computational Thinking activities that point to the development of Executive Functions; b) Compare and evaluate the performance, pre and post test, of Executive Functions of inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility in children submitted to the Unplugged Computational Thinking activity; and c) Produce an e-book with the systematization of CT activities, relating its pillars to Executive Functions and their abilities as a method for children's cognitive development. The research is of an applied nature, with a quantitative approach, based on the principles of action research. From the studies carried out, pre and post-tests were applied to analyze the performance of Executive Functions in students of the 3rd year of Elementary School I (children aged between 8-9 years) of a municipal public school located in ParnamirimRN, based on the application of cognitive training activities and Unplugged Computational Thinking. The systematization of the process resulted in the production of an e-book that brings together activities from the book “Computer Science Unplugged” by Tim Bell, Ian H. Witten and Mike Fellows. The work points to the importance of developing strategies for teaching Computational Thinking in the face of the educational reality of public schools in Brazil with a focus on the performance of Executive Functions in children.