Year 2015 - Issue 3 - May-June
GIREP/MPTL 2014

From naive to scientific understanding of motion and its causes
Authors: A. Ascari, F. Corni, G. Ceroni, H. U. Fuchs
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15085-2
Published online 8 February 2016
Article: 85
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"Good Vibrations": A workshop on oscillations and normal modes
Authors: Sara R. Barbieri, Marina Carpineti, Marco Giliberti, Enrico Rigon, Marco Stellato, Marina Tamborini
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15086-1
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 86
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A quantitative method to analyse an open answer questionnaire: A case study about the Boltzmann Factor
Authors: O. R. Battaglia, B. Di Paola
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15087-0
Published online 8 February 2016
Article: 87
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Recasting particle physics by entangling physics, history and philosophy
Authors: Eugenio Bertozzi, Olivia Levrini
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15088-y
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 88
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A teaching proposal on electrostatics based on the history of science through the reading of historical texts and argumentative discussions
Authors: Marina Castells, Aikaterini Konstantinidou, Josep M. Cerveró
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15089-x
Published online 19 February 2016
Article: 89
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An alternative approach to the Boltzmann distribution through the chemical potential
Authors: Michele D'Anna, Georg Job
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15090-5
Published online 8 February 2016
Article: 90
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Integrated STEM in secondary education: A case study
Authors: Jolien De Meester, Heidi Knipprath, Jan Thielemans, Mieke De Cock, Greet Langie, Wim Dehaene
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15091-4
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 91
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How close can we get waves to wavefunctions, including potential?
Authors: Sergej Faletic
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15092-3
Published online 12 February 2016
Article: 92
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An American instructor in an upper-level Italian physics class
Authors: Gerald Feldman
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15093-2
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 93
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Secondary students' views about scientific inquiry
Authors: Silvia Galano, Alessandro Zappia, Luigi Smaldone, Italo Testa
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15094-1
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 94
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The discovery of X-rays diffraction: From crystals to DNA. A case study to promote understanding of the nature of science and of its interdisciplinary character
Authors: Francesco Guerra, Matteo Leone, Nadia Robotti
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15095-0
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 95
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Investigating physics teaching and learning in a university setting
Authors: Jenaro Guisasola, Mieke De Cock, Stephen Kanim, Lana Ivanjek, Kristina Zuza, Laurens Bollen, Paul van Kampen
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15096-y
Published online 16 February 2016
Article: 96
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How secondary school students conceptualize infrared radiation-matter interaction? Findings from a research study and implications for an instructional design
Authors: María Isabel Hernández, Raquel Ríos, Roser Pintó
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15097-x
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 97
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Teacher change in implementing a research-developed representation construction pedagogy
Authors: Peter Hubber, Gail Chittleborough
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15098-9
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 98
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In-service and pre-service teacher education in IBSE: The ESTABLISH approach
Authors: Zuzana Ješková, Marián Kireš, Eilish McLoughlin, Odilla Finlayson, Christina Ottander, Margareta Ekborg
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15099-8
Published online 10 February 2016
Article: 99
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Development of students' interest in particle physics as effect of participating in a Masterclass
Authors: Kerstin Gedigk, Gesche Pospiech
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15100-8
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 100
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High school students' misconceptions in electricity and magnetism and some experiments that can help students to reduce them
Authors: Vera Koudelkova, Leos Dvorak
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15101-7
Published online 28 January 2016
Article: 101
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Investigation of a reflective pedagogy to encourage pre-service physics teachers to explore argumentation as an aid to conceptual understanding
Authors: G. Lancaster, R. Cooper
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15102-6
Published online 9 February 2016
Article: 102
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Report and Recommendations on Multimedia Materials for Teaching and Learning Quantum Physics
Authors: B. Mason, E. Debowska, T. Arpornthip, R. Girwidz, T. Greczylo, A. Kohnle, T. Melder, M. Michelini, L. Santi, J. Silva
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15103-5
Published online 8 February 2016
Article: 103
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Improving students' understanding by using on-going education research to refine active learning activities in a first-year electronics course
Authors: A. P. Mazzolini, S. A. Daniel
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15104-4
Published online 9 February 2016
Article: 104
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Research based activities in teacher professional development on optics
Authors: M. Michelini, A. Stefanel
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15105-3
Published online 9 February 2016
Article: 105
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Chaotic behaviour of Zeeman machines at introductory course of mechanics
Authors: P. Nagy, P. Tasnádi
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15106-2
Published online 9 February 2016
Article: 106
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Rolling motion: experiments and simulations focusing on sliding friction forces
Authors: P. Onorato, M. Malgieri, A. De Ambrosis
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15107-1
Published online 9 February 2016
Article: 107
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Teaching the basic concepts of the Special Relativity in the secondary school in the framework of the Theory of Conceptual Fields of Vergnaud
Authors: M. R. Otero, M. Arlego, F. Prodanoff
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15108-0
Published online 9 February 2016
Article: 108
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An inquiry-based approach to the Franck-Hertz experiment
Authors: Dominique Persano Adorno, Nicola Pizzolato
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15109-y
Published online 10 February 2016
Article: 109
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The role of mathematics for physics teaching and understanding
Authors: G. Pospiech, B. Eylon, E. Bagno, Y. Lehavi, M. A. Geyer
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15110-6
Published online 8 February 2016
Article: 110
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The photoelectric effect and study of the diffraction of light: Two new experiments in UNILabs virtual and remote laboratories network
Authors: Juan Pedro Sánchez, Jacobo Sáenz, Luis de la Torre, Carmen Carreras, Manuel Yuste, Rubén Heradio, Sebastián Dormido
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15111-5
Published online 12 February 2016
Article: 111
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How does epistemological knowledge on modelling influence students' engagement in the issue of climate change?
Authors: G. Tasquier
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15112-4
Published online 8 February 2016
Article: 112
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Training and assessment of experimental competencies from a distance: Optical spectrometry via the Internet
Authors: L.-J. Thoms, R. Girwidz
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15113-3
Published online 10 February 2016
Article: 113
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Preparing pre-service teachers to integrate technology into inquiry-based science education: Three case studies in The Netherlands
Authors: Trinh-Ba Tran, Ed van den Berg, Ton Ellermeijer, Jos Beishuizen
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15114-2
Published online 10 February 2016
Article: 114
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