Portrayal of the History of the Photoelectric Effect in Laboratory Instructions

Autor/inn/en	Klassen, Stephen; Niaz, Mansoor; Metz, Don; McMillan, Barbara; Dietrich, Sarah
Titel	Portrayal of the History of the Photoelectric Effect in Laboratory Instructions
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 21 (2012) 5, S.729-743 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-011-9360-5
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Textbooks; Physics; Laboratory Manuals; Teaching Methods; Laboratories; Science History; Universities; College Science; Science Instruction; Science Education; Scientific Concepts; Authors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Physik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Laboratory; Laboratorium; History of science; Wissenschaftsgeschichte; University; Universität; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Author; Autor; Autorin
Abstract	The literature on the pedagogical aspects of the photoelectric effect as used in the undergraduate student laboratory shows that little research has been done in this area. Our current study is an analysis of the instructions in 38, electronically published laboratory manuals for the photoelectric effect. The analyses were based on history and philosophy of science criteria that we had developed for evaluating the presentation of the photoelectric effect in introductory, university-physics textbooks. The results show that writers of laboratory instructions do not pay sufficient attention to the relevant background for the photoelectric effect. In our study, none of the instructions achieved a score of excellent, only 5% were scored as satisfactory, and only 7% mentioned the various aspects contained in our criteria. These results for our analysis of laboratory instructions are significantly less favorable than those achieved for physics textbooks in our previous study. Based on our work, we recommend that several historical aspects be included in all laboratory instructions for the photoelectric effect. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10