Open AccessConcepciones alternativas y dificultades de aprendizaje en electrostática. Selección de cuestiones elaboradas para su detección y tratamiento
Author(s) -
Carles Furió-Más,
Jenaro Guisasola
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
enseñanza de las ciencias/enseñanza de las ciencias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2174-6486
pISSN - 0212-4521
DOI - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.4072
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , domain (mathematical analysis) , psychology , epistemology , cognitive science , philosophy , humanities , computer science , physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics
The work we are presenting here tries to summarise the contributions made by research on the ideas and difficulties of students within the field of Electrostatics. These researches reveal that the concepts introduced in this domain, such as electric field and potential, are necessary prerequisites so as to acquire a scientific vision of electromagnetic phenomena. Thus, taking into account the importance of the concepts involved for a scientific vision of the circuits of continuous current and, in general, of the electromagnetic theory, we think it is important for teachers to have a first idea on which are the most problematic conceptions or at least, those that have been studied most.