between a traditional lecture-based teaching approach and effective discovery-based
learning strategies.
Acknowledgment We gratefully acknowledge Prof. Leonardo Bellomonte and Dr. Nicola
Pizzolato for their invaluable support and encouragement.
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learning strategies.
Acknowledgment We gratefully acknowledge Prof. Leonardo Bellomonte and Dr. Nicola
Pizzolato for their invaluable support and encouragement.
References
Altbach PG, Reisberg L, Rumbley L (2009) Trends in global higher education: tracking an
academic revolution. In: Report for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education,
pp 113–121
Banchi H, Bell R (2008) The many levels of inquiry. Sci Child 46(2):26–29
Borrego M, Bernhard J (2011) The emergence of engineering education research as an international
connected field of inquiry. J Eng Educ 100(1):14–47
Boyer Commission (1998) Reinventing undergraduate education, a Blueprint for America’s
research universities. State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
Greca IM, Moreira MA (2000) Mental models, conceptual models, and modelling. Int J Sci Educ 22
(1):1–11
Kittel C (2005) Introduction to solid state physics, 8th edn. Wiley, New York
Laughlin RB (1983) Anomalous quantum Hall effect: an incompressible quantum fluid with
fractionally charged excitations. Phys Rev Lett 50(18):1395
Li Y, Ma L, Shi Y (2012) Exploration on computer simulation method in physics education. In:
Wang Y (ed) Education and educational technology, vol 108. Springer, Berlin, pp 517–522
Llewellyn D (2002) Inquiry within: implementing inquiry-based science standards. Corwin Press
Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Longo M (2011) Effetto Hall su graphene. Tesi di laurea in Fisica, Università degli Studi della
Calabria
Moglestue C (1993) Monte Carlo simulation of semiconductor devices. Chapman & Hall, London
National Science Foundation (NSF) Report. (1996) Shaping the future: new expectations for
undergraduate radication in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, Education
and Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (pp 96–139)
Novoselov KS et al (2005) Two-dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene. Nature
438(10):197–200
Persano-Adorno D (2010) Polarization of the radiation emitted in GaAs semiconductors driven by
far-infrared fields. Laser Phys 20:1061–1067
Persano-Adorno D, Pizzolato N (2015) An inquiry-based approach to the Franck-Hertz experiment.
Il Nuovo Cimento 38C:109
Persano-Adorno D, Pizzolato N, Fazio C (2015a) Elucidating the electron transport in semiconductors via Monte Carlo simulations: an inquiry-driven learning path for engineering undergraduates. Eur J Phys 36(5):1–19
Persano-Adorno D, Alaimo P, Pizzolato N, Spagnolo B (2015b) Electron dynamical response in InP
semiconductors driven by fluctuating electric fields. Chaos, Solitons Fractals 81:425–431
Persano-Adorno D, Pizzolato N, Spagnolo B (2016a) Noise-induced resonance-like phenomena in
InP crystals embedded in fluctuating electric fields. J Stat Mech Theor Exp 2016:P054021
Persano-Adorno D, Pizzolato N, Fazio C, Battaglia OR (2016b) An experience of elicited inquiry
elucidating the electron transport in semiconductor crystals, Chapter 63. In: Lavonen J, Juuti K,
Lampiselkä J, Uitto A, Hahl K (eds) ESERA Conference Proceedings series Science education
research: Engaging learners for a sustainable future, Part 3, Strand 3: Science teaching processes. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, pp 510–520
16 Inquiry-Based Approach and Numerical Simulations: A Powerful Integration in. . .
213