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Wrong Experiments as a Teaching Tool

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I intend to develop two related topics: how to exploit an analysis of wrong discoveries for teaching purposes, and the advisability of proposing what could be considered wrong experiments to students in order to stimulate discussion with and among them.

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  1. Laboratorio di Didattica delle Scienze, Università “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Giulio Cortini

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

    Carlo Bernardini , Carlo Tarsitani  & Matilde Vicentini ,  & 

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Cortini, G. (1995). Wrong Experiments as a Teaching Tool. 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_2

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