Teaching the basic concepts of the Special Relativity in the secondary school in the framework of the Theory of Conceptual Fields of Vergnaud
- 1. N´ucleo de Investigaci´on en Educaci´on en Ciencia y Tecnolog´ıa, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires - Tandil and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient´ıficas y T´ecnicas (Argentina)
- 2. Facultad de Ingenier´ıa, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires and Facultad de Ingenier´ıa, Universidad Tecnol´ogica Nacional, Sede Regional La Plata Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Description
In this work, we investigate the conceptualization of the basic aspects of Special Relativity (SR) at secondary school level. We have conducted our research along the lines of the Theory of Conceptual Fields (TCF) proposed by Vergnaud (Vergnaud G., Infancia y Aprendizaje, 36 (2013) 131). The investigation consisted in the design, implementation and evaluation of a didactic sequence specially elaborated to conceptualize the basic aspects of SR. The proposal is composed by eight situations, complemented with a set of exercises. It was carried out in two classrooms with students of the last year of secondary level (17 years old, N = 43). The conceptualization was analyzed in a classroom context, where the selected situations are essential to promote the emergence of the relevant concepts.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuovo Cimento C. (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 38C
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-13
- ISSN
- 1826-9885
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- Italy
- INIS RN
- 47118742
- Subject category
- S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
- Descriptors DEI
- EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SPECIAL RELATIVITY THEORY; TRAINING
- Descriptors DEC
- EDUCATION; RELATIVITY THEORY