Avaliação interpares: experiência de avaliação formativa no curso de enfermagem em uma instituição de ensino superior de Belém

Abstract

This research questioned the theme Educational Evaluation, specially evaluation in superior degree learning. In academic scenery highlighted three functions from de evaluation to the learning: the diagnostic, the total amount and the formation. The formative evaluation aims to develop the constructive action and compromised to the learning, content in the evaluation inter-pairs the possibility to share responsibilities and work on the mobilization of the knowledge handling it to the abilities and attitudes. Objectives: valid a form of inter-pair evaluation aim to contribute to the practice of formative evaluation in the nursery course. Apply the instrument of inter-pair evaluation in hospital nursery module in the range; to know the students` perceptions about the tools of inter-pair evaluations. Problems searched: How do inter-pair evaluation might help in the development of effective and collaborative learning from the perception of the students? How does it characterize the perception of the students about inter-pair evaluation as part of the evaluation? Methodology: descriptive qualitative research in which the participants were students of 4th period of the course. Presenting the following methodological stages: presentation of the project to the group, conversation exposing what is formative evaluation, with the focus on the inter-pairs evaluation: accompanying classes with active methodologies and application of questionnaire to students, in which data will be submitted to analyses of the content. Results: most of the students (55,6%) believe in the potential of formative evaluation, but there are still many challenges to overcome, what leads to not always to feel safe to give feedback to the colleagues. 38,9% totally agree that feelings, such as feel safe, motivation, trust are demonstrated in contacts with colleagues, sharing knowledge and experience in a collaborative activity. although after passing through the process of inter-pairs evaluation after the use of active methodologies 38,9 experienced aversive feelings when faced the responsibilities about the learning of the other participants of the group. 50% agreed to have facilities to identify the deficiencies and potencies of their colleagues because the use of active methodologies help to individualize the needs of the students when working in groups, become easier the interaction student - teacher. Conclusion: we concluded that the way the students evaluate themselves, noticed that their learning, refer to the progresses, related to the objectives of learning, and drew new steps to learning constituted, the first references about the applications of tools of inter-pairs evaluation in the course and what it is capable to mobilize when we want a shared responsible learning. The scientific experience of the present study, the references in which we observed the effects of formative evaluation and the validation of the inter-pairs evaluation forms aim to contribute to the nursery course aiming the logic dialogical capable to recognize the potentialities, the fragilities and the possibilities of changing in the learning process.