Introducing 12 year-olds to elementary particles

Wiener, Jeff; Schmeling, S.; Hopf, Martin

doi:10.1088/1361-6552/aa6cfe

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“…An overview of the coded data material is provided in the form of a code matrix in Table 4. This type of representation was derived from other physics education research studies (Burde, 2018;Haagen-Schützenhöfer, 2016;Wiener et al, 2015;Zloklikovits & Hopf, 2021). Intercoder reliability was also determined by having a colleague from the authors' research group code ten percent of the interviews.…”

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Students’ Ideas on Common Experiments About the Particulate Nature of Matter

Budimaier

Hopf

2022

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Research on students' thinking about the particulate nature of matter has shown that students find it difficult to connect the macroscopic with the sub microscopic world. Although they have heard about atoms, students stay within a continuous model of matter or attribute macroscopic properties to particles. The research presented focuses on the arguments students make when they have to explain experiments on a sub microscopic level. The question is if experiments convince students of the applicability of the particulate nature of matter. Therefore, the researchers conducted twenty interviews according to the method of probing acceptance with students from lower and upper-secondary school. Every interview featured one of five experiments, commonly used in teaching. The goal was to see if the experiments helped students to successfully apply the particulate model of matter. Students’ answers were coded using qualitative content analysis. The results of this research show, that explaining experiments on a sub microscopic level proves a great challenge for students. None of the five experiments seems to be a good starting point when engaging students with the particulate nature of matter for the first time. Therefore, further research should focus on other ways of introducing this difficult topic to students. Keywords: classroom experiments, conceptual change, particulate model, probing acceptance

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Students’ Ideas on Common Experiments About the Particulate Nature of Matter

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Hopf

2022

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“…The most prominent single subtheme in the expert interviews was the challenge that the use of scientific language is a source of inadequate conceptions. This issue might be addressed by a careful use of language in educational contexts [17,48], for example, when speaking of "decay" by clearly explaining that it is in fact a transformation of particles and speaking of "electrical charge" instead of just "charge" to emphasize the fact that there are different charges. However, more research is needed into which conceptions are connected to these different terms and in which way they are beneficial or hindering for learning.…”

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Opportunities and Challenges of Using Feynman Diagrams with Upper Secondary Students

Dahlkemper

Klein²,

Müller³

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Physics

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Particle physics is an exciting subject for high school students, and there have been various approaches on how to introduce the topic in the classroom. Feynman diagrams (FDs) are an often-used form of representation in particle physics and could play an important role in such an introduction. However, their potential educational value has not yet been investigated. To this end, we interviewed four experts in the field of particle physics education on the opportunities and challenges Feynman diagrams could pose for high school students. We analyzed their answers using a thematic analysis framework, categorizing them into five themes. The results of these interviews show that there are two challenges (FDs elicit and perpetuate inadequate conceptions about particle physics, and FDs can only be treated superficially in school) and three opportunities (FDs can link particle physics and other physics topics in high school education, FDs offer an opportunity for different particle physics topics to be taught, and FDs offer a connection to current research). The results of this expert interview study lead to several suggestions on how to design learning environments that incorporate Feynman diagrams.

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“…Novas condições metodológicas relacionadas à Física de Partículas precisam ser implementadas tanto a nível de graduação como a nível básico de ensino para que essa temática possa estar presente na prática diária docente. Podemos ver que na Europa, onde está localizado o LHC, vários pesquisadores estão elaborando propostas para ensinar Física de altas energias e inserir as partículas elementares no universo dos estudantes [63][64][65].…”

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Jogo de Física de partículas: Descobrindo o bóson de Higgs

Souza

Nascimento

Costa

et al. 2018

Rev. Bras. Ensino Fís.

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Resumo Neste artigo é proposto a utilização de um jogo didático como complementação metodológica para ensinar Física de altas energias, abordando a temática de Física de Partículas Elementares. A ideia é utilizar estratégias lúdicas e divertidas para ensinar fenômenos estudados no Grande Colisor de Hádrons (LHC), levando os participantes a fazerem novas descobertas didático-científicas, adquirir conhecimento e construírem conceitos que serão utilizados na formulação da teoria do bóson de Higgs e de sua detecção no experimento ATLAS. Embora tais conceitos tenham uma descrição quantitativa extremamente complexa, até certo ponto arraigada a uma análise experimental, é possível torná-la qualitativamente acessível sem precisar recorrer a formulações matemáticas avançadas, conservando, entretanto, seu caráter técnico.

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Introducing 12 year-olds to elementary particles

Cited by 14 publications

References 22 publications

Students’ Ideas on Common Experiments About the Particulate Nature of Matter

Students’ Ideas on Common Experiments About the Particulate Nature of Matter

Opportunities and Challenges of Using Feynman Diagrams with Upper Secondary Students

Jogo de Física de partículas: Descobrindo o bóson de Higgs

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