Teaching and learning electricity: The relations between macroscopic level observations and microscopic level theories

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Problems in teaching and learning electricity can be addressed with the help of science history and philosophy. The literature on physics education and on history of science reveals two wide-reaching issues central to teaching electricity: sequencing concepts and identifying appropriate models to explain the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of electricity at different educational levels.

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Guisasola, J. (2014). Teaching and learning electricity: The relations between macroscopic level observations and microscopic level theories. In International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching (pp. 129–156). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7654-8_5

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