GUIDELINES IN THE ELABORATION OF A TEACHING SEQUENCE OF KINEMATICS ACCORDING TO A HISTORICAL APPROACH Cover Image

GUIDELINES IN THE ELABORATION OF A TEACHING SEQUENCE OF KINEMATICS ACCORDING TO A HISTORICAL APPROACH
GUIDELINES IN THE ELABORATION OF A TEACHING SEQUENCE OF KINEMATICS ACCORDING TO A HISTORICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Louis Trudel, Abdeljalil Métioui
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, School education
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: conceptual understanding; high school physics education; historical approach; kinematics
Summary/Abstract: The domain of motion or kinematics is important because it forms the basis of mechanics, an important branch of physics. By studying kinematic phenomena in the laboratory, high school students are likely to develop a better understanding of kinematics concepts as well as elements of the scientific approach to study natural and constructed phenomena. However, students encounter difficulties in understanding these concepts, just as in the acquisition of the skills necessary for the accomplishment of the different stages of an experimental process. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to provide guidance, according to a historical approach, which would inform teachers in the design of teaching sequences on the study of kinematics.