The Role of Laboratory Work in Improving Physics Teaching and Learning

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This book explores in detail the role of laboratory work in physics teaching and learning. Compelling recent research work is presented on the value of experimentation in the learning process, with description of important research-based proposals on how to achieve improvements in both teaching and learning. The book comprises a rigorously chosen selection of papers from a conference organized by the International Research Group on Physics Teaching (GIREP), an organization that promotes enhancement of the quality of physics teaching and learning at all educational levels and in all contexts. The topics covered are wide ranging. Examples include the roles of open inquiry experiments and advanced lab experiments, the value of computer modeling in physics teaching, the use of web-based interactive video activities and smartphones in the lab, the effectiveness of low-cost experiments, and assessment for learning through experimentation. The presented research-based proposals will be of interest to all who seek to improve physics teaching and learning. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Empowering the Engines of Knowing and Creativity: Learning From Experiments (Manfred Euler)....Pages 3-14 Labs in Building a Modern Physics Way of Thinking (Marisa Michelini)....Pages 15-33 The Impact and Promise of Open-Source Computational Material for Physics Teaching (Wolfgang Christian)....Pages 35-48 Research Validated Distance Learning Labs for Introductory Physics Using IOLab (David Sokoloff, Erik Bodegom, Erik Jensen)....Pages 49-59 The Value of Solving Experimental Problems in Groups (David Sands)....Pages 61-69 Formative Assessment in Physics Teaching and Learning (Nikos Papadouris, Costas P. Constantinou)....Pages 71-81 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 Integrating NOS in LAB Work (Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer)....Pages 85-94 Open Inquiry Experiments in Physics Laboratory Courses (Jaap Buning, David Fokkema, Gerrit Kuik, Tabitha Dreef)....Pages 95-105 Educational Lab on Optical Diffraction to Bridge from Classical to Modern Physics (Marisa Michelini, Daniele Buongiorno, Alberto Stefanel)....Pages 107-118 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 Computer Modelling in Physics Teaching (Veronika Timková, Zuzana Ješková)....Pages 121-130 Introducing Preservice Science Teachers in the Development of Inquiry-Based Activities (Anastasios Molohidis, Euripides Hatzikraniotis)....Pages 131-143 The Role of Information in Inquiry-Based Learning in a Remote Lab on Optical Spectrometry (Lars-Jochen Thoms, Raimund Girwidz)....Pages 145-157 Web-Based Interactive Video Activities for Undergraduate Advanced Laboratories (Robert B. Teese, Keith R. Stein, Chad W. Hoyt, Nathan C. Lindquist, Sara A. Wyse)....Pages 159-167 Smartphones as Measuring Instruments in the Physics Classroom: What Do Students Think? (Angela Oswald, Gerhard Rath, Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer)....Pages 169-174 Front Matter ....Pages 175-175 Addressing Some Common Difficulties in Teaching and Learning Energy in High School (Michele D’Anna)....Pages 177-190 Teaching-Learning Sequences Using Low-Cost Experiments Aimed at Understanding of Concepts of Electricity (Věra Koudelková, Leoš Dvořák)....Pages 191-200 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Inquiry Based Learning of Contemporary Physics Topics and Gifted Students (Mojca Čepič)....Pages 203-215 The Development and Pilot Testing of the Measurement Tool of Skills Level Development in the Lower Secondary Physics Classroom (Katarína Krišková, Marián Kireš)....Pages 217-227 Assessing Student’s Conceptual Understanding in a Laboratory on the Measurement of the Planck Constant (Massimiliano Malgieri, Pasquale Onorato, Anna De Ambrosis)....Pages 229-240 Front Matter ....Pages 241-241 Effectiveness of Learning Through Guided Inquiry (Dagmara Sokołowska)....Pages 243-255 A Non-classical Acoustics Teaching Lab Supported by BYOD and Inquiry-Based Learning (Antonella Longo, Marco Zappatore, Marisa Michelini)....Pages 257-268 Quantitative Measurements of RGB and CMYK Colours with a Homemade Spectrophotometer (Tommaso Rosi, Massimiliano Malgieri, Stefano Oss, Pasquale Onorato)....Pages 269-278