Wave-particle duality: a systematic review of the literature about its teaching and learning in secondary school and introductory university courses
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https://doi.org/10.55767/2451.6007.v36.n.47236Keywords:
Wave-particle duality, Teaching, Learning, Systematic review, High school, Higher educationAbstract
Fundamental notions of quantum physics are included in the curricula of introductory university courses, in the preservice physics teachers training, and also in high schools in Argentina and other countries around the world. Among these fundamental concepts is wave-particle duality (WPD), a key concept and gateway to the quantum world. This work involves a systematic review of the literature on WPD in specialized science education journals at local, regional, and international levels, in order to gather the most significant findings regarding its teaching and learning. Preliminary results show that such findings can be classified according to their fundamental purpose into five categories: Resources for teaching WPD, Didactic proposals for teaching WPD, Learning difficulties and opportunities in WPD, Historical and epistemological reflections on WPD, and Literature reviews on the teaching and learning of quantum physics (including WPD).
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