THE USE OF THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN GREEK PHYSICS TEXTBOOKS IN THE FIELD OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS

Athanasios VELENTZAS, Krystallia HALKIA, Constantine SKORDOULIS
Laboratory of Science Education Epistemology and Educational Technology (ASEL),University of Athens, Greece

Abstract
In the present work the use of Thought Experiments(TEs) in physics textbooks, written or translated (from English) into Greek and published during the years 1985-2005, is investigated. The study is focused on Newtonian mechanics. From the research conducted it isconcluded that TEs consist an integral part of physics textbooks. The writers use them as an educational tool in order to present laws and principles of physics, especially when the understanding of the corresponding concepts requires that students overcome their every day
experience.
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