Investigation of the Lyceum students’ knowledge about history of Physics
Abstract
International research has demonstrated the significance of teaching the History of Physics for complete understanding of the concepts and physical phenomena from the students. Nevertheless, in contemporary educational procedures, it is not given the proper attention, with the result that the knowledge acquired by the students is incomplete. In this work, we present the results of the statistical data analysis of the questionnaire given to students of three high schools and aimed at investigating the students' knowledge about important scientists in Physics whose discoveries contributed significantly to its formation.
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- 3. EDUCATIONAL USE OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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