On how to best introduce the concept of differential in physics
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Títol: | On how to best introduce the concept of differential in physics |
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Autors: | López Gay, Rafael | Martínez-Torregrosa, Joaquín | Gras Martí, Albert | Torregrosa-Gironés, Germán |
Grups d'investigació o GITE: | Didáctica de las Ciencias y la Tecnología | Investigación y Formación Didáctica |
Centre, Departament o Servei: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Didáctica General y Didácticas Específicas | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Innovación y Formación Didáctica |
Paraules clau: | Physics teaching | Differential calculus |
Àrees de coneixement: | Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales | Didáctica de la Matemática |
Data de publicació: | 2001 |
Resum: | Despite its frequent use, there is little understanding of the concept of differential among upper high school and undergraduate students of physics. We have tried to identify some causes for this situation, and have designed proposals to revert it, based on a historic and epistemologic study aimed at clarifying the role and the meaning of the differential in Physics. We describe the contributions of Leibniz and Cauchy, and stress their shortcomings, which are overcome by the alternative definition proposed by the French mathematician Fréchet, dating from the early XX century. We conclude by outlining a set of indicators of what would be a proper understanding of the concept of differential in Physics education. |
Descripció: | Comunicación presentada en el First International GIREP Seminar: Developing formal thinking in Physics, University of Udine, Italy, 2001. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/23593 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipus: | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject |
Revisió científica: | si |
Apareix a la col·lecció: | INV - IFD-DM - Comunicaciones a Congresos, Conferencias, etc. INV - CyT-EPROBLEM - Comunicaciones a Congresos, Conferencias, etc. |
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