O papel do conflito sociocognitivo na elaboração de noções de conservação por interações de pares constantes e múltiplos

Abstract

The objective of this study was the comparison of the effect of two social interaction techniques for sociocognitive conflict provoked in the construction of the notions of conservation of interest in the elaboration of metric concepts. It was hypothesized that subjects submitted to multiple interactions - MI (different pairs in each intervention) would present superior levels of elaboration of notions then the subjects submitted to constant interactions - CI ( the same pairs in the interventions). The experiment had four different moments (pre-test, interventions, immediate post-test, and delayed post-test). One hundred and nine (109) children between 5;5 and 7;3 years old participated in the conservation of continued quantity and sixty (60) children between 6;0 and 7;0 years old, in the conservation of equal lengths (public pre-school students from Campinas - SP.). The data analysed did not confirm the tested hypothesis. Subjects of the MI condition as well as subjects of the CI condition were equally capable of presenting cognitive changes when submitted to sociocognitive conflict, permitting the interpretation that this was responsible for the changes observed in the construction of the notions. There are differences in the results in favor of one or other type of interaction, conforming to the notions, but these are interpreted as results of the methodology applied in each notion. It is suggested that the didatic application of the technique follow the necessity of the teacher to attend to determined individual characteristics of the students.