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Problemas Históricos Y Dificultades De Aprendizaje En La Interpretación Newtoniana De Fenómenos Electrostáticos Considerados Elementales

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This paper starts with a a brief historical review of electrostatics. Then, the use of this historical knowledge is proposed in order to analyse students’ difficulties in learning this theory. This is done using proofs and empirical designs, employed mainly in the historical evolution, which are known as “natural” phenomena or facts, and examining what explanations are given by the students to these facts. Research findings seem to suggest that most of students’ interpretations of electrostatics phenomena present ideas about the electrical nature of matter that differ from the Newtonian theory and remind us of pre-Newtonian explicative models.

Source: Investigações em Ensino de Ciências

Authors: Carles J. Furió, Jenaro Guisasola, J.L. Zubimendi

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Science Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2583333283

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