Modeling cycles associated with the automation of experiments using Arduino: a proposal for continuing teacher training

• Main Authors: Marcio Vinicius Corrallo, Astrogildo de Carvalho Junqueira, Tunísia Eufrausino Schuler
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2018-09-01
• Series: Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física
• Subjects: Ciclos de Modelagem; Arduino; Atividade Experimental; Ensino de Física
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/53480

This paper discusses the implementation of David Hestenes’ Modeling cycles associated with the automation of experimental activities with the prototyping platform Arduino. It looks beyond the methodologies related to technological elements, and above all, aims at a reflection upon the role of modeling in science and its limits of validity. This way, it starts from demands of teaching Physics and uses modeling as a methodological strategy with its inherent tools, and finally converges towards their own realities based on the contextualization and extrapolation of models. As an example of application, we present the report of an experience in an extension course at a university, intended for Physics teachers, which had preliminarily proved that the connection of use of technological tools and the stages of Modeling cycles was satisfactory.