Speaker
Floor Kamphorst
(NTNU)
Description
It is desirable that secondary students gain an understanding of special relativistic concepts such as length contraction. In a thought experiment-based task, 4 small groups of 11th grade students (11 students total) derived the concept of length contraction and applied it in new situations. These preliminary results indicate that thought experiment-based tasks can contribute to the development of conceptual understanding of abstract and far from daily life concepts.
| Education level | Age 15-18 (Secondary education) |
|---|---|
| Physics topic | Contemporary and modern physics |
| Research focus | Active learning |
| Research method | Educational design research (Qualitative research) |
| Organizing preference criteria | Track |
Author
Floor Kamphorst
(NTNU)
