Didactic Engineering as a research method in physics teaching
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Avendaño Castro, William Rodrigo | 2021-08-26
Several mathematical concepts have application in physics; this paper reports the
results of a pedagogical investigation based on the methodology known as didactic engineering,
which has been proposed with the aim of improving the skills exhibited by a group of eleventh
grade students from a private institution in the interpretation of kinematic graphs. The concept
of the slope of the straight line and how this mathematical concept can represent velocity or
acceleration according to the variables considered in the kinematics graph provided was
enhanced in the pedagogical intervention. This methodology offers a process of internal
validation, after comparing the results obtained in a knowledge test at two different points in
time (pre-test and post-test). The results allowed us to identify improvements in all students in
terms of basic kinematics graph interpretation skills, and a group of students stood out by
advancing in more complex reasoning and interpretation processes. These results contribute to
the improvement of the pedagogical practices of Physics teachers at secondary and middle school
levels, making them more competent when they enter higher education.
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