Problemas de Fermi em testes de avaliação padronizados no 8.º ano

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https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.23587

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problemas de Fermi, modelação matemática, critérios de tarefas, tarefas de modelação, problemas de teste

Resumo

Desde 2006, a Alemanha tem vindo a seguir uma estratégia abrangente de monitorização educacional que inclui testes de avaliação comparativos e padronizados (chamados VERA) em matemática. Estes testes são administrados em todo o país e, com algumas exceções, no oitavo ano de todas as escolas de ensino básico. Entre outras competências, estes testes examinam a compe­tência de modelação dos estudantes. Nas tarefas de aplicação e modelação, os vários requisitos associados à construção de tarefas para testes de avaliação criam desafios específicos que muitas vezes levam a que tais tarefas resultem em problemas de palavras em vez de aplicações reais. Uma abordagem possível para criar um problema de modelação adequado para um teste de avaliação é utilizar problemas de Fermi, que se baseiam num contexto real. Tendo por base várias classificações de tarefas matemáticas, este artigo desenvolve uma série de critérios para criar problemas de Fermi para fins de avaliação. Estes critérios são aplicados especificamente aos problemas de Fermi incluí­dos no referido instrumento de avaliação padronizada, no 8.º ano, na Alemanha. Com base nos resultados, as diferenças e semelhanças entre diversos problemas de Fermi são identificadas e discutidas. Os problemas de Fermi apresentam uma certa homogeneidade como tarefas específicas de modelação, mas estão também associados a um amplo espetro de dificuldades, que parecem estar ligadas ao número de quantidades matemáticas necessárias para obter a solução. Diferentes proble­mas de Fermi podem abarcar muitos aspetos diferentes de desempenho e são uma boa forma de incorporar situações autênticas em problemas de teste.

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2021-06-30

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Greefrath, G., & Frenken, L. (2021). Problemas de Fermi em testes de avaliação padronizados no 8.º ano. Quadrante, 30(1), 52–73. https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.23587

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