Analysis of a problem solving situation in physics, in an interlocution setting between a specialist and a novice, in the light of Vergnaud's conceptual fields theory

This paper is put of a larger study dealing with problem solving in physics, from the point of view of cognitive development psychology, aiming at its role in physics education. Our focus in this paper lies in a problem solving procedure that stresses verbal exchange between a specialist and a novic...

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Main Authors: Célia Maria Soares Gomes de Sousa, Maria Helena Fávero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2002-01-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID82/v7_n1_a2002.pdf