THREE HUNDRED METHOD: IMPACT ON THE LEARNING OF IMMUNOLOGY – A DISCIPLINE IN THE HEALTH AREA

Abstract

The Three Hundred Method is an active teaching-learning methodology that advocates the construction of learning through peer discussion, from the focus on errors, in a collaborative and mutually advantageous way. Both win in the process: helpers and helped. The work was developed from September/2022 (related to the 2022/1 semester) to June/2024 (related to the 2023/2 semester) for students enrolled in the Immunology discipline of three courses in the health area of the main campus of a federal university in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais, and in the academic semesters of 2022/1 and 2022/2 all students from the three courses participated in the Trezentos Method as a procedural recovery strategy in the discipline. In the following academic semesters (2023/1 and 2023/2) the discipline took place, in the three courses, without the use of the method. The results showed a statistically significant difference between the performance of those who participated in relation to those who did not participate in the method. It is concluded, therefore, that the Trezentos Method is an excellent tool to work on procedural recovery in disciplines in the health area, contributing to the reduction of retention (and consequently dropout) rates that link the various higher education courses in the country.