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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of qualitative methods in problem solving during the first two years of university (Pescetti, 1986; Ghione, 993). In particular, original contributions are offered on the topic of evaluation of the orders of magnitude.
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Pescetti, D. (1995). Qualitative Methods in Problem Solving. 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_32
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