Banca de DEFESA: JOSIE FERREIRA BARCELOS

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : JOSIE FERREIRA BARCELOS
DATE: 08/04/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Auditório 117 - Prédio 20 - Campus Nova Gameleira
TITLE:

Analysis of the Analogies in the Miller Analogies Test – MAT Based on the Theory of Structural Mapping

KEY WORDS:

Analogies; Evaluation in the form of analogies; Miller Analogies Test; analytical skills; Theory of Structural Mapping

PAGES: 98
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUBÁREA: Planejamento e Avaliação Educacional
SUMMARY:

This dissertation is the result of a master's study in Technological Education, conducted in the research area of the importance of analogies in Science Education, within a line of investigation focused on Educational Practices in Science and Technology. Its object of study is the comparisons initially taken as analogies in a test instrument for analytical skills called the Miller Analogies Test (MAT). The work was developed with the purpose of investigating the use of analogies in the context of skills assessment and content knowledge. For the analysis of analogical comparisons, the work was based on the Structure Mapping Theory (SMT) by Gentner & Markman and the Teaching Methodology with Analogies (TMA) by Ronaldo Nagem. Thus, the methodological approach of this work mainly unfolded in the selection of comparisons and their analysis in the context of assessment and testing. Our analysis evidenced: (i) what are the main areas of knowledge assessed by the Miller Analogies Test; (ii) the verification of whether the comparisons used in the MAT questions are analogies according to the Structure Mapping Theory; (iii) how the typology or classification of comparisons influences or impacts the test. In summary, our analysis allowed us to understand the use of analogies as a tool for skills assessment and as a cognitive tool.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ALEXANDRE DA SILVA FERRY
Externa à Instituição - IRIS BARBOSA GOULART - UNI-BH
Externo à Instituição - RONALDO LUIZ NAGEM - CEFET-MG
Externo à Instituição - EDUARDO GODINHO PEREIRA