Open-inquiry driven overcoming of epistemological difficulties in engineering undergraduates: A case study in the context of thermal science

This paper addresses the efficacy of an open-inquiry approach that allows students to build on traditionally received knowledge. A sample of thirty engineering undergraduates, having already attended traditional university physics instruction, was selected for this study. The students were involved...

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Main Authors: Nicola Pizzolato, Claudio Fazio, Rosa Maria Sperandeo Mineo, Dominique Persano Adorno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-02-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.10.010107