Assessment of problem solving activity on wave physics in secondary school

Abstract

Abstract Italian secondary school students struggle with understanding wave-like phenomena. Many research-based materials are available on the topic, but their applicability is often limited by the constraints of actual school settings. We developed a set of conceptual problems on wave phenomena and tested them in classroom within a design-based research framework. We present the preliminary results of an on-going work that aims at providing teachers with high-quality versatile materials, along with testing our hypotheses on the learning processes.