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It is about time to say "eureka!" in teaching physics

Physics Education 2007-05-23 v2 Physics and Society

Abstract

In the spirit of the International Year of Physics 2005 the author advices the replacement of the teaching methods based on verbal explanations and to perform a number of tasks following a given recipe by procedures that actively involve the students in the physics discovery process.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0503002,
  title  = {It is about time to say "eureka!" in teaching physics},
  author = {J. M. L. Figueiredo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0503002},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, portuguese