Probing high school students’ understanding of interference and diffraction of light using standard wave optics experiments

作     者：Karolina Matejak Cvenic Lana Ivanjek Maja Planinic Katarina Jelicic Ana Susac Martin Hopf Mateja Cindric Brkic 

作者机构：Department of Physics Faculty of Science University of Zagreb Bijenicka 32 HR—10000 Zagreb Croatia School of Education JKU Linz Altenberger Straße 69 A-4040 Linz Austria Department of Applied Physics Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Zagreb Unska 3 10000 Zagreb Croatia University of Vienna Austrian Educational Competence Centre Physics & Faculty of Physics Porzellangasse 4/2/2 1090 Wien Austria Gornjogradska gimnazija Trg Katarine Zrinske 5 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia 

出 版 物：《Physical Review Physics Education Research》 (物理评论专题：物理教学研究)

年 卷 期：2023年第19卷第2期

页      面：020118-020118页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost, HRZZ, (IP-2018-01-9085) Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost, HRZZ 

主　　题：Concepts & principles 

摘      要：Demonstration interviews with 27 high school students (18–19 years old) were conducted in Zagreb, Croatia, using several standard experiments on interference and diffraction of light. Students were asked for their predictions, observations, and explanations of the experiments. In this process, many student difficulties were identified, both regarding their understanding of interference and diffraction of light, but also regarding their skills of systematic observation and description of experimental patterns. The observed difficulties were analyzed in the resource-based model, suggesting the activation of some p prims, as well as other cognitive resources in the process of students’ attempts to predict, describe, and explain the interference and diffraction patterns.