26–30 Aug 2024
Auditorium Maximum UJ
Europe/Warsaw timezone

What is so difficult in quantum physics? Diagnosing high school students’ difficulties in quantum physics

27 Aug 2024, 15:30
20m
Medium Lecture Hall A

Medium Lecture Hall A

Oral presentations Contemporary Physics, Modern Physics in Schools and Universities Oral presentations

Speaker

Alexandra Goltzman (The Seymour Fox School of Education The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190501, Jerusalem, Israel)

Description

High school students learning quantum physics (QP) exhibit difficulties. In this Study, we investigate in-lesson interactions in the classroom, aiming at identifying these difficulties and their origin. Through the lens of combined categorization system from the literature, we used content and interaction analysis of videotaped lessons. We found difficulties in unexplored topics in QP education, and found that some of them originate in teacher-student interactions, while others result from previous teaching. Our results enrich teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge for high school QP. They could be used for the design of learning materials and foster the creation of diagnostic tools.

How would you like to present your contribution? Live in Kraków (time slot to be allotted based on the programme)
Target education level Secondary
Category Formal Education

Authors

Alexandra Goltzman (The Seymour Fox School of Education The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190501, Jerusalem, Israel) Dr Avraham Merzel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Efraim Yehuda Weissman (Jerusalem College of Technology)

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