NOTA L’articolo di E. Fabri è nella seconda pagina della rubrica ANTOLOGIA […]
The article is an introduction to Prof. Wilkinson’s paper which is published in this same issue. It discusses the writing of questionnaires to find out how students evaluate their classroom situations, and briefly compares the international and Italian researches in this field. […]
The article reports a research, based on a questionnaire answered by secondary school students in Kuwait concerning science classes. The aim of the research was to give feedback to training teachers about their behaviour in the classroom, as perceived by their students. […]
This research intended to analyse Einstein’s paper on granular structure of radiation, more by the light of Einstein’s later writings. The following topics will be discussed the reasons for his quantum theory’s formulation and the connection between Planck’s radiation theory and Einstein’s ideas. […]
This article describes an experiment done by first-year secondary school pupils, who measured me radius of the Earth with the method of Erathosthenes. For this purpose, cooperation was sought for and put into effect on long European distances, ranging from the island of Pantelleria in the Mediterranean to Goteborg in Sweden. […]
14 and 15 year old students study the law of exponential decay using an experimental approach, which leads them to perceive analogies and differences between many natural phenomena. […]
A new approach to the teaching of electrostatics is described which avoids the well-known conceptual difficulties of the gold leaf electroscope. Simple equipment is used which the pupils can make for themselves for a few pence in a few minutes; and the experiments are both spectacular and fun. […]
The work describes a series of simple experiments done by thirteen year old students It included the construction of a kaleidoscope and other experiments on geometrical optics. […]
Experimental study on the utilization of solar energy: from photosynthesis to the fabrication of a solar panel. […]