A IMAGEM DA CÉLULA EM LIVROS DE BIOLOGIA: UMA ABORDAGEM A PARTIR DA TEORIA COGNITIVISTA DA APRENDIZAGEM MULTIMÍDIA.

The research aimed to analyze the didactic value (VD) of the images related to the concept of cell in biology books of High School and Higher Education, supported by Cognitivist Theory of Multimedia Learning (TCAM). With the technological advent there was a better development of the layout of production techniques and layout of the images in books, in order to help the study of abstract concepts and often complex, such as the cell. However sometimes it not happens. From the application of TCAM principles, we noted that the images related to cell concept presented VD elements with deviations on the principles of Consistency, Signaling and Spatial Contiguity, with great emphasis to the last one. It is necessary to establish eligibility criteria and inclusion of images in books, because the images represent potential resource to reduce abstraction and to facilitate conceptual learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]