Teaching introductory quantum physics through a problem based unit. A reasoned proposal

Didactic research has not reached a consensus on how introductory quantum physics courses should be addressed, both in relation to the content to be taught as in the physical interpretation of key models such as the wave-particle duality. In the absence of consensus, we conducted a historical and di...

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Autores principales: Martínez Torregrosa, Joaquín, Savall Alemany, Francisco, Domènech Blanco, Josep Lluís, Rey Cubero, Alexandra, Rosa Cintas, Sergio
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Asociación de Profesores de Física de la Argentina 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaEF/article/view/15813
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Sumario:Didactic research has not reached a consensus on how introductory quantum physics courses should be addressed, both in relation to the content to be taught as in the physical interpretation of key models such as the wave-particle duality. In the absence of consensus, we conducted a historical and didactic study aiming at establishing the key ideas of a quantum model of emission and absorption of radiation with sufficient explanatory power to make it worthwhile. We also identified the key ideas of a model for quantums that can explain the behaviour of electrons and photons and which allow us to overcome the crisis produced by the introduction of the quantum model of emission and absorption of radiation. Taking into account the problems that historically led to the establishment of these models, we designed the problem based unit for teaching quantum physics in high school that we present in this article, paying special attention to the great steps that drive students to build the proposed models.