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The Physics Laboratory — Yesterday, Today and …

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The construction of knowledge in physics involves interaction between different mental activities: observing reality, structuring observations, forming concepts and formalizing by means of specific language (graphs, laws). Laboratory activity can play a fundamental role in this interaction. There is a great deal of debate on this subject, as can be seen in literature (Arons, 1993).

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  1. “A. Volta” Physics Department, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy

    G. Bonera, L. Borghi, A. De Ambrosis & P. Mascheretti

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  1. University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Carlo Bernardini , Carlo Tarsitani  & Matilde Vicentini ,  & 

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Bonera, G., Borghi, L., De Ambrosis, A., Mascheretti, P. (1995). The Physics Laboratory — Yesterday, Today and …. In: Bernardini, C., Tarsitani, C., Vicentini, M. (eds) Thinking Physics for Teaching. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1921-8_11

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