O tutor como agente facilitador no processo de ensino e aprendizagem: uma experiência na disciplina de Bioquímica Metabólica

The tutoring is part of the academic programs offered by the Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), aiming to help students from the implementation of strategies that facilitate the students' journey through the disciplines with the highest rates of retention and dropout. This work aimed to evaluate the role of the tutor as an agent in the teaching and learning process in the discipline of Metabolic Biochemistry, at UFPB. To that end, the tutors of this discipline applied four directed studies and a didactic game in the classes of 2016.2 (Group 1/n= 27) and 2017.1 (Group 2/n= 23) periods. The performance of the students who were benefited from the didactic resources was satisfactory and significantly higher than the group that did not participate. From the evaluation of the tutoring by the students through an online questionnaire, it was unanimous that the discipline of Metabolic Biochemistry must provide tutors, stating that they are important supporters in the teaching and learning process.