Acidentes na BR 153 no entorno de Araguaína, uma breve análise teórica

Abstract

The present work proposes to insert a reflection on how the knowledge of Physics can contribute to citizen attitudes while at the same time fixing concepts on a well known theme of Physics, kinematics. The proposal discusses what is velocity and works the hypothesis of fixing more elaborate knowledge on preset concepts, in order to contextualize the physics in the day to day of the students and to use this as a basis for meaningful learning. The quantitative methodology compared the data from a pre and post test to find out if there are differences between students' perceptions regarding the occurrence and liability of accidents in non duplicated highways. The result indicates that almost 50% of the automatic responses on the topic depend on how the subject is approached and on how much students understand the concept of relative speed.