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of single-slit diffraction. Am J Phys 67:146–155
Barnioli P, Zavala G (2016) Mechanical waves conceptual survey. Phys Rev Phys Educ Res
12:010107
Chauvat D, Emile O, Brunel M, Le Floch A (2003) Huygens’ principle and Young’s experiment in
the propagation of light beams. Am J Phys 71(11):1196–1198
Chinn CA, Brewer WF (2001) Models of data: a theory of how people evaluate data. Cogn Instr 19
(3):323–393
Colin P, Viennot L (2000) Les difficultés d’étudiants post-bac pour une conceptualization cohérente
de la diffraction et de l’image optique. Didaskalia 17:29–54
COMPADRE (2019). http://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID¼8331
Corni F, Mascellani V, Mazzega E, Michelini M, Ottaviani G (1993) A simple on-line system
employed in diffraction experiments. In: Pereira LC, Ferreira JA (eds) Light and information.
Girep Book, Univ. do Minho, Braga, Portugal, pp 381–388
Erickson F (1998) Qualitative research methods for science education. In: Fraser BJ, Tobin KG
(eds) International handbook of science education. Dordrecht, The Netherland, Kluwer A.P., pp
1155–1174
Gervasio M, Michelini M (2009) Lucegrafo. A simple USB data acquisition system. In: MPTL14
proceeding. http://www.fisica.uniud.it/URDF/mptl14/contents.htm
Grove TT (2003) A low-cost scanning Fabry–Perot cavity. Am J Phys 71:184
Hinrichsen PF (2001) Apparatus and demonstration notes. Am J Phys 69(8):917–919
Hirata K. (1998) How can we use microcomputers effectively in teaching and learning physics? In:
Communicating physics. ICPE (IUPAP), p 132
Horn ME, Leisner A, Mikelskis HF (2002) Difficulties of model construction in optics probleme.
In: German Physical Society. Spring Conference, Leipzig
Karmiloff-Smith A (1988) The child is a theoretician, not an inductivist. Mind Lang 3:183–195
Kryjevskaia M, Stetzer MR, Heron PR (2013) Student difficulties measuring distance in terms of
wavelength. Phys Rev ST Phys Educ Res 9:010106
Mayes TW, Melton BF (1994) Fraunhofer diffraction of visible light by a narrow slit. Am J Phys
62:397–403
McDermott LC (1991) Millikan lecture 1990: what we teach and what is learned—closing the gap.
Am J Phys 59:301
McDermott LC, Shaffer PS, Physics Education Group at the University of Washington (2012)
Tutorials in introductory physics. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River
Michelini M (2006) The learning challenge: a bridge between everyday experience and scientific
knowledge. In: Planinsic G, Mohoric A (eds) Informal learning and public understanding of
physics. Girep Book, Univ. of Ljubljana, Ljubijana (SLO), pp 18–39
Michelini M, Stefanel A, Santi L (2004) Teacher training strategies on physical optics:
experimenting the proposal on diffraction. In: Michelini M (ed) Quality development in the
teacher education and training. Girep Book, Forum, Udine, pp 568–576
Michelini M, Santi L, Stefanel A (2014) Upper secondary students face optical diffraction using
simple experiments and on-line measurements. In: Proceedings FFP14, Marseille 2014. http://
pos.sissa.it/archive/conferences/224/240/FFP14_240.pdf
Romdhane I, Maurines L (2007) ò. Les étudiants et les interferences lumineuses: cohérence des
sources et principe de superposition. Didaskalia 31:85–114
Santi L, Mazzega E, Michelini M (1993) Understand radiation interference by means of computer
modelling. In: Pereira LC, Ferreira JA (eds) . GIREP Book, Univ. do Minho, Braga, Portugal, pp
372–380
236
A. Stefanel