Part II Physics Education Research
10 Innovation of Curriculum and Frontiers of Fundamental
Physics in Secondary School: Research-Based Proposals . . . . . . . . . 101
Marisa Michelini
11 Physics Education Research and the Foundations of Physics:
A Case Study from Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics . . . 117
David Sands
12 Stem, Inquiry Practices and Technology in Physics Education . . . . 127
Ton Ellermeijer and Trinh-Ba Tran
13 Designing Teaching Learning Sequences Based on Design-Based
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Jenaro Guisasola, Kristina Zuza, and Ane Leniz
14 IDIFO6 MQ_P: A Course for In-Service Secondary School
Teachers Education on Modern Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Daniele Buongiorno, Marisa Michelini, Lorenzo Santi,
and Alberto Stefanel
15 Freshman Engineering’ Reasoning Strategies When Answering
FCI Questions: A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Onofrio R. Battaglia and Claudio Fazio
16 Inquiry-Based Approach and Numerical Simulations:
A Powerful Integration in Condensed Matter Physics Education . . . 201
Dominique Persano-Adorno
17 A View on High School Students’ Knowledge About
Nanotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Octavian Vasile Caroaie and Ovidiu Florin Caltun
18 Student Learning Paths from Exploration of Optical Diffraction
with Online Sensors to Formal Interpretative Models . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Alberto Stefanel
19 Research-Based Path Proposal on Optical Spectroscopy
in Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Daniele Buongiorno and Marisa Michelini
20 A Combination of Historical Physics Documents and Other
Teaching Tools for the Instruction of Prospective Teachers
in Chaos and Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Aristotelis Gkiolmas, Artemisia Stoumpa, Anthimos Chalkidis,
and Constantine Skordoulis
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Contents
10 Innovation of Curriculum and Frontiers of Fundamental
Physics in Secondary School: Research-Based Proposals . . . . . . . . . 101
Marisa Michelini
11 Physics Education Research and the Foundations of Physics:
A Case Study from Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics . . . 117
David Sands
12 Stem, Inquiry Practices and Technology in Physics Education . . . . 127
Ton Ellermeijer and Trinh-Ba Tran
13 Designing Teaching Learning Sequences Based on Design-Based
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Jenaro Guisasola, Kristina Zuza, and Ane Leniz
14 IDIFO6 MQ_P: A Course for In-Service Secondary School
Teachers Education on Modern Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Daniele Buongiorno, Marisa Michelini, Lorenzo Santi,
and Alberto Stefanel
15 Freshman Engineering’ Reasoning Strategies When Answering
FCI Questions: A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Onofrio R. Battaglia and Claudio Fazio
16 Inquiry-Based Approach and Numerical Simulations:
A Powerful Integration in Condensed Matter Physics Education . . . 201
Dominique Persano-Adorno
17 A View on High School Students’ Knowledge About
Nanotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Octavian Vasile Caroaie and Ovidiu Florin Caltun
18 Student Learning Paths from Exploration of Optical Diffraction
with Online Sensors to Formal Interpretative Models . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Alberto Stefanel
19 Research-Based Path Proposal on Optical Spectroscopy
in Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Daniele Buongiorno and Marisa Michelini
20 A Combination of Historical Physics Documents and Other
Teaching Tools for the Instruction of Prospective Teachers
in Chaos and Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Aristotelis Gkiolmas, Artemisia Stoumpa, Anthimos Chalkidis,
and Constantine Skordoulis
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Contents