This paper addresses the fundamentals, structuring, and
application
of a Formative Dimensions for Green and Sustainable Chemical Education
(Formative Dimensions – GSCE) qualitative evaluation tool of
experimental processes. This instrument was created considering the
need to resignify laboratory practices in Chemical Education. Qualitative
research conducted in a case study format analyzed its functionality
considering two experimental proposals developed by students of “Green
Chemistry” and “Experimentation in Chemical Education”
disciplines in their initial course at a federal Higher Education
Institution located in the State of São Paulo. The analyses
of the dimensions identified and the graphic figures in the experiments
revealed the essential elements that make a formative experiment.
Formative Dimensions – GSCE aims at evaluations of the scopes
and limits of experimental activities by teachers, students, and other
educational agents and identification of aspects related to techniques
and didactics for an individual’s socio-scientific formation.