Open AccessEvolución de las representaciones mentales sobre colisiones
Author(s) -
Alberto Villani,
L. Orquiza de Carvalho
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
enseñanza de las ciencias/enseñanza de las ciencias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2174-6486
pISSN - 0212-4521
DOI - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.4193
Subject(s) - mechanism (biology) , focus (optics) , resistance (ecology) , psychology , humanities , sociology , epistemology , mathematics education , philosophy , physics , ecology , biology , optics
The article concerns the results of a qualitative research with secondary school students on the evolution of their ideas about collisions in mechanics. We focus our attention on the mechanism of partial attainment of new ideas and the relationship between the resistance to change and the experimental situations. Some implications for teaching are also discussed.