Un ejemplo de aportación de la didáctica de la física a la enseñanza: los ejercicios cualitativos y los razonamientos funcionales

Didactic specialists use exercises as a resource for research, whereas for teachers they are resources for teaching and evaluating. In most cases the evaluative exercises are of a quantitave type and the didactic value of the exercises of a qualitative type is not clearly shown. Starting from the analysis of the answers to exercises on the same subject but of different types, the author shows how important qualitative exercises are and how they can he used as resources for teaching and evaluating.