Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The Modern and Contemporary Physics as a subject of knowledge in the high school education level has been defended by many authors. However, despite the technological and scientific advances, only few studies have been done regarding the use of computers and other media in teaching some topics in this area. In this work, which was performed in two High School classes from a public school, we applied a few ways to make use of computers and interactive simulators for a better understanding of some physical phenomena in this area. We conducted our analysis from the Vygotsky’s social-interactive perspective. We explored the topics of Spectroscopy, Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics by using interactive simulations developed by the project Physics Education Technology (PhET) at the University of Colorado. We concluded that the use of this interactive simulators collaborates with the teaching of this topics, enhancing the student's understanding and awakening their interest on the subject.
Institution: Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2205347368