Abstracts of the accepted contributions ordered by first author
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HIGHER ORDER THINKING IN PHYSICS EDUCATION (HOT - PHYSICS)
Jens D. Holbech & Poul V. Thomsen,
Centre for Studies in Science Education, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
PLAYING WITH WATER: A FEW CONSIDERATIONS FOCUSSING ON AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lenilda, Austrilino, Izabel, Brandão, Universidade Federal de Alagoas
A STUDY ON THE COMPETENCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE/PHYSICS TEACHERS IN ANTALYA PROVINCE OF TURKEY
Isýk S. Ustuner, Akdeniz Üniversitesi, 07070 Antalya Turkey, Yasar Ersoy, Middle East Tech. Uni., 06531 Ankara, Turkey.

THE LEARNING OF MODELING: A SCIENTISTS’ VISION
Stella Maris, Islas, Departamento de Formación Docente - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas- Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires - Campus Universitario - Tandil (7000) - ARGENTINA
Marta A., Pesa, Departamento de Física - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología - Universidad Nacional de Tucumán - Av. Independencia 1800 - Tucumán (4000) - ARGENTINA

INFLUENCE OF NARRATIVE STATEMENTS OF PHYSICS PROBLEMS ON THEIR COMPREHENSION
Elena, Llonch, Marta, Massa, Patricia, Sánchez, Elisa, Petrone, Facultad de Cs. Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura – Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Avda Pellegrini 250 – 2000 Rosario. Argentina.

DISCUSSING THE PROBLEMS IN TEXTBOOKS
Consuelo, Escudero, Margarita, García, Physics Dept. Fac. de Ingeniería. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Av. Libertador 1109, CP5400. San Juan. Argentina.
Sonia, González, Physics and Chemistry Dept. Facultad de Filosofía, Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Av. José I. de la Roza 230 (o). CP5400. San Juan. Argentina.
Marta, Massa, Physics and Chemistry Dept. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Av. Pellegrini 250. CP2000. Rosario. Argentina.

DO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEXTBOOKS CONTRIBUTE TO SCIENTIFIC REASONING?
Marta, Massa, Hilda, D’Amico, Physics and Chemistry Dept. - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Av. Pellegrini 250. CP2000. Rosario. Argentina

DIFFICULTIES ON INFERENCIAL PROCESS. AN STUDY ON THERMODINAMIC PROBLEMS
Marta, Massa, Marta, Yanitelli, Susana, Cabanellas, Facultad de Cs. Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura – Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Avda Pellegrini 250 – 2000 Rosario, Argentina.

WHY DO WE RUN, WHEN WE WANT TO MOVE FASTER?
Erich Reichel
, BG/BRG 8010 Graz, Seebachergasse 11, Austria

TIME TRAVELS – A PURE PHYSICAL CONCEPT ?
Tajmel Tanja, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Graz, Austria

RHETORIC IN PHYSICS CLASSROOMS: A MULTIMODAL APPROACH IN TEACHING GALILEAN RELATIVITY
Marina Castells, Modesto Cabellos, Josep. M. Cerveró and Pere López, Science and Mathematics Education, University of Barcelona

DEVELOPMENT OF FORMAL THINKING ON KINEMATIC ASPECTS OF MOTION FROM CHILDREN KNOWLEDGE TO EARLY MATHEMATISATION
M. Gagliardi, N. Grimellini Tomasini, B. Pecori,Physics Department, University of Bologna, Italy

DOES PHYSICS FORMAL KNOWLEDGE REALLY HELP STUDENTS IN DEALING WITH REAL - WORLD PHYSICS PROBLEMS?
N. Grimellini Tomasini, O. Levrini,
Physics Department, University of Bologna, Italy

THEORY-PRACTICE DUALITY: FROM SPONTANEOUS TO SCIENTIFIC MODEL
Ma Maite Andrés Z, Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador – IPC, Caracas, Venezuela
Douglas Figueroa, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

HOW MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTERS CAN SERVE THE FORMAL LEARNING IN THE SCHOOLS
Pietro Cerreta, Associazione per la diffusione della Cultura Scientifica Scienza Viva, Calitri (AV)

OBSTACLES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY: THE CASE OF SPATIAL REASONING DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY PRE - SERVICE TEACHERS
Christiana Nicolaou and C. P. Constantinou, Learning in Physics Group, University of Cyprus

MATHEMATICS OF DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND PROBLEM SOLVING IN PHYSICS
Decio Pescetti, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Italy

JUMPING TOYS: A TOPIC FOR INTERPLAY BETWEEN THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS
Christian. Ucke, Physics Department E 20, Technical University Munich, 85747 Munich, Germany

ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN SCIENCE - TEACHING
Claudia, Haagen-Schützenhöfer, Leopold, Mathelitsch, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Graz, Austria

MODELS - THE BASICS OF PHYSICAL THINKING. CONCLUSIONS FOR e-PHYSICS
Romanovskis, Tomass, I. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg

THE USING OF MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE FOR COLLEGE PHYSICS RELATIVITY TEACHING AT HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
Zhang Changbin Song Guilian Mu Hongchen, Department of Physics, Harbin Normal University, 150080, PRC

HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES OF CONCEPT FORMATION OF CURRENT ELECTRICITY
Veera Kallunki, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland

FORMAL MODELS IN THERMODYNAMICS - THE BEST OF AN OLD CONFERENCE
Sebestyen, Dorothy, Budapest Polytechnic, Budapest, Hungary

MOTIONAL STEREOILLUSIONS FORMALIZED: FROM PULFRICH OSCILLATORS TO NICKALLS THEOREM
Svetlana Bovsunovskaya, Alexander Kazachkov, Eugene Kovalev, Dmitriy Ziolkovskiy
, Kharkov National University, Ukraine

FROM PLAYING WITH TOYS TO MEASUREMENTS
Maja Bertoncelj, Ana Gostincar Blagotinšek,
Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

COLOUR AS DISCRETE, CONTINUOUS, TIME AND SPATIAL DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Mojca Cepic, Ana Gostincar Blagotinšek, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia

INTRODUCING THERMAL PHENOMENA QUANTITIES
Domen, Ferbar
, Pedagoska fakulteta Ljubljana

TOYS IN MOTION
Ana Gostincar Blagotinsek, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia

MODELS IN SCIENCE AS METAPHORS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE HUMAN BODY
Francesco de Stefano, Liceo Scientifico "G. Marinelli" Udine

NEWTON'S LAWS REVISITED
I. Campos
, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM (México); J. L. Jiménez, Depto. de Física, UAM-Iztapalapa (México); G. Del Valle, Área de Física,UAM-Azcapotzalco (México)

LEARNING DATA ANALYSIS
Darío Moreno
, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México.
Gabriela del Valle, Area de Física,UAM-Azcapotzlalco, México.

QUANTUM MECHANICS IN PHASE SPACE: SOME SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AND SQUEEZED STATES
Carlos Alejandro Vargas
, Area de Física, Depto. de Ciencias Básicas, UAM-A, San Pablo 180, 02200 México D. F. México; Arturo Zúñiga-Segundo, Depto. Física, Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas-IPN, Edif. 9, Zacatenco 07738 México D. F. México.

AN APPROACH TO THE LAGRANGE DYNAMIC
Villavincencio Mirna
, Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias UNAM (México); Del Valle Gabriela, Hernández María Guadalupe, Area de Física UAM-Azcapotzalco(México)

A MODERN TEACHING FOR MODERN PHYSICS IN PRESERVICE TEACHERS TRAINING
Marco Giliberti Dipartimento di Fisica Università degli Studi di Milano, INFN sezione di Milano

EARLY START IN PHYSICS’ UNDERSTANDING: WHY, WHEN, HOW A TWO-SESSIONS WORKSHOP ABOUT EARLY UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL WAYS-TO-LOOK-AT WORLD’S PHENOMENA AND INTERPRETATIONS
Paolo Guidoni
, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II

MODELLING PHYSICAL REALITY: SEVERAL WAYS OF USING COMPUTER SIMULATIONS TO HELP FORMALISATION
R.M. Sperandeo-Mineo, Department of Physical and Astronomical Sciences, Università di Palermo, Italy

MODELLING PHENOMENA:THE CASE OF THE EXPONENTIAL MODEL
C. Fazio a, A. Giangalanti b, M. Profumo c, R. M. Sperandeo-Mineo and G. Tarantino a, GRIAF (Research Group on Teaching/Learning Physics) Department of Physical and Astronomical Sciences - University of Palermo (Italy), aI.P."Enrico Medi" Palermo, bL.S. "G. D’Alessandro"Bagheria, cL.S."S. Cannizzaro"Palermo (Italy).

PHYSICS: FACING THE PRESENT TO FOSTER THE FUTURE - THE PORTUGUENSE AND THE ENGLISH PROPOSAL FOR 16-19 YEARS OLD STUDENTS
Teresa Lobato
; Margarida Saraiva-Neves; Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides, Portugal

HOLOGRAPHY: A PROJECT-TYPE APPROACH FOR CONTEXTUALIZED TEACHING OF OPTICS
Pedro, Pombo; João, Pinto, Dep. of Physics, University of Aveiro, Portugal

LEARNING BY PLAYING OR PLAYING BY TEACHING
Nada Razpet, The national Education Institute

SCHEMES IN LEARNING SCIENCES (PHYSICS)
Liliana Ciascai, "Babes-Boyai" University, Romania
Ioan Ciascai,
Technical University of Cluj, Romania
Rodica Secara,
University of Oradea, Romania

QUALITY OF THINKING AND NLP-ORIENTED DIDACTIC STRATEGY
Alexander Pospelov
, Togliatty Polytechnic Institute, Togliatty, Russia

DO YOU HEAR THE SEA FROM A SHELL?
Verovnik Ivo, National Education Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mathelitsch Leopold, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Graz, Austria

USING COMPUTERISED LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AS AN INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING FORMAL PHYSICS
Slavko Kocijancic, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education; Colm O'Sullivan, National University of Ireland Cork, Department of Physics

ELECTROSTATIC MOTOR
Nevio, Miklavcic, Srednja Pomorska Šola Portoroz, Slovenija

MODELS, MENTAL IMAGES AND LANGUAGE IN SCIENTIFIC THINKING
SMIT JJA, Potchefstroom Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

DEVELOPING FORMAL THINKING THROUGH TOYS AND EVERYDAY OBJECTS FOR THE FORMATION OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Allasia, Daniela, Montel, Valentina, Rinaudo, Giuseppina, Department of Experimental Physics of the University of Torino (Italy)

SCIENCE FRICTION
Alexander Kazachkov, Lyudmila Dimitrova, Alexandra Shipitsina
, Kharkov National University, Ukraine

PHYSICS CONCEPTS COMPREHENSION AND TEST RESULTS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF WORKSHOP PHYSICS
Lundstrom, Thomas and Lyberg, Mats D.
, Dept of Physics, Växjö University

INTRODUCING WORKSHOP PHYSICS TO THE GYMNASIUM PHYSICS CURRICULUM
Svensson, Alf, Dept of Physics, Växjö Universit

RATIOS - ALGEBRA AND SEMANTICS
Gerstberger, Herbert, University of Education Weingarten Germany

WHAT FRACTION OF PUPILS REALLY REACH THE STAGE OF FORMAL THINKER IN PHYSICS?
Rudolf Krsnik, Planinka Pecina, Maja Planinic, Ana Susac, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb;
Ivica Buljan, Primary school "Zaprude", Zagreb

MAKING PHYSICS FASCINATING TO….. ALL?
G. Zini, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara; A.Turricchia, Aula Didattica Planetario, Comune di Bologna; L. Benacchio, Osservatorio Astronomico, Padova;

SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS HELP IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICS CONCEPTS
Gorazd Planinšic, Physics Department, Faculty for Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
DIDACTICAL TREATMENT OF ANHARMONIC PENDULUM FOR PRESENTING NONLINEAR PHENOMENA AND TRANSITION TO CHAOS
Samo Lasic, Gorazd Planinšic, Physics Department, Faculty for Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana

UN APPROCCIO DINAMICO ALLA MODELLIZZAZIONE DEI PROCESSI FISICI: UN FRUTTUSO INCONTRO TRA FISICA E MATEMATICA
(contributo per la sessione in italiano)
Michele D'Anna, Liceo cantonale Locarno (Svizzera)

IL LABORATORIO DIDATTICO COME SPERIMENTAZIONE DI MODELLI PER LA RICERCA INTERDISCIPLINARE
Margherita Fasano, Università della Basilicata Francesco Casella, IRRE della Basilicata

MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM - CONDUCTIVITY OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
Libor, Konícek, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Czech republic

IS FORMAL THINKING HELPFUL IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS?
Seta Oblak, Ljubljana, Slovenia

EXPERIMENT AND THEORISATION: AN APPLICATION PF THE HYDROSTATIC EQUATION AND ARCHIMEDES THEOREM
Santos, Lucília, Talaia, Mário, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE USE OF MATHEMATICAL ENTITIES IN MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR AN INTEGRATED MATH AND SCIENCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Ton Ellermeijer and Andre Heck, AMSTEL Institute, University of Amsterdam

MATHEMATICAL FORMAL MODELS FOR THE LEARNING OF PHYSICS: THE ROLE OF AN HISTORICAL EXAMPLE.
Giorgio Bagni, Department of Mathematics, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

DEVELOPING COMPETENCES IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS BY MEANS OF SIMULATION: EXAMPLES FOR UNDERSTANDING INTERACTION IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS
F.Corni, M.Michelini, G.Ottaviani

PHYSICS IS MIGHTY AS IT IS EASY
Katalin Papp, Miklós Molnár, Anett Nagy, János Bohus, University of Szeged, Department of Experimental Physics

FISICANDO (GIOCANDO) CON LA TERMOLOGIA NELLA SCUOLA DELL'INFANZIA: DESCRIZIONE DI UN PERCORSO DIDATTICO
Adriana Odorico,Università di Udine Supervisore della Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Giuseppina Tirelli, Angela Gorasso, Rita Maurizio, Ornella Milan, Insegnanti della Scuola dell'Infanzia Statale, Prov. di Udine

INDUCED TIME-DEPENDENT POLARIZATION AND THE VAVILOV-CHERENKOV EFFECT
Roa-Neri J. A. E., Area de Física Teórica y Materia Condensada, UAM-Azcapotzalco (México), Villavicencio M. , Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM (México), Jiménez J. L., Departamento de Física, UAM-Iztapalapa (México)

REAL - TIME APPROACHES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORMASL THINKING IN PHYSICS
Elena Sassi, Dipartimento Scienze Fisiche, Università "Federico II" Napoli Italia

TEACHING PHYSICS IN A SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Zofia Golab-Meyer, Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University
IMAGERY AND FORMAL THINKING: FROM THINGS TO PROCESSES AND BACK AGAIN
Manfred Euler, IPN - Institute for Science Education at the University of Kiel
AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR LABWORK IN EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES
Matilde Vicentini, Dept. of Physics - Univ. "La Sapienza" - Rome (italy)
PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES IN TRAINING THE ITALIAN CONTESTANTS OF THE PHYSICS OLYMPIADS IN A SUMMER SCHOOL
Giuliana Cavaggioni; Dennis L. Censi; Francesco Minosso.
APPARENT MOTION
Barbara Rovšek, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
TEACHING ENERGY IN HIGH SCHOOL: CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND PROPOSALS
A. Gras-Martí, J. Martínez-Torregrosa, Universitat d’Alacant, Spain J. Ll. Domènech, D. Gil-Pérez, Universitat de València, Spain G. Guisasola, Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea, Spain J. Salinas, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
ON HOW TO BEST INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF DIFFERENTIAL IN PHYSICS
Gras Martí, A., Dpt. de Física Aplicada, Universitat d’Alacant, Apt. 99, E-03080 Alacant, Spain Martínez Torregrosa, J., Dpto. de Didáctica General y Didácticas Específicas
GRAPHS A BRIDGES BETWEEN MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Laurence Rogers, School of Education, University of Leicester
BUILDING EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AT SCHOOL : THE FIRST STEPS IN FORMALISATION
Claudette Balpe, Institut universitaire de formation des maîtres d'Aquitaine (IUFM) -France
PHYSICS CURRICULUM REFORM: HOW CAW WE DO IT?
Robert G. Fuller, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, US
INTERPLAY OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
Anna De Ambrosis, Physics Department, University of Pavia, Italy, Giuseppina Rinaudo, Department of Experimental Physics, University of Torino, Italy
LEARNING PHYSICS VIA MODEL CONSTRUCTION
R.M. Sperandeo-Mineo, Department of Physical and Astronomical Sciences, Università di Palermo, Italy
MODELLING FOR YOUNGER LEARNERS
MODELLING WITHOUT NUMBERS
Ian Lawrence, School of Education, The University of Birmingham, UK
TOYS FOR LEARNING PHYSICS
Christian Ucke, Germany
EARLY START IN PHYSICS' UNDERSTANDING: WHY, WHEN, HOW A TWO-SESSIONS WORKSHOP ABOUT EARLY UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL WAYS-TO-LOOK-AT WORLD'S PHENOMENA AND INTERPRETATIONS
Paolo Guidoni Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II
NEW TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTERS IN PHYSICS LEARNING
Laurence Rogers, School of education, University of Leicester, UK New technology and computers in physics learning
TEXTBOOKS AS AN IMAGE OF PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING
Zofia Golab-Meyer
, Institute of Physics Department, Jagellonian University
FROM EXPLORATIVE TO VIRTUAL LABORATORY TO GAIN FORMAL THINKING: AN EXPERIMENTATION ON THE FRICTION.
R. Martongelli, L. Santi, E. Stante, Liceo Scientifico Aristosseno, Taranto, Italy, Physics Department of Udine University, Italy, Unita' di Ricerca in Didattica della Fisica dell'Universita' di Udine, Italy
MECHANICS APPLIED TO SMALL GREAT GAMES
Paolo B. Pascolo, Civil Engineering Department, University of Udine and director of Bioenginering Department of CISM
COGNITIVE LABS IN AN INFORMAL CONTEXT TO DEVELOP FORMAL THINKING
A Stefanel, C. Moschetta, M. Michelini, Research Unit in Physics Education, University of Udine
SWITCHING FROM EVERYDAY FACTS TO SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Pilar León, Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela
UNDERSTANDING THE POLARIZATION OF LIGHT
Marina Cobal*, Federico Corni^, Marisa Michelini* *Physics Department, Udine Universty, Italy ^Physics Department, Modena University, Italy
TEACHING QUANTUM THEORY
Hans Grassman, Physics Department, Udine University, Italy
ANALYSING DIFFERENT FORMS OF PRESENTING NEWTON'S LAWS EMPHASYSING THE RELATED CONCEPTS
Josè Luis, Jiménez, Departamento de Fisica, UAM-Iztapalapa Ignacio, Campos, Depatamento de Fisica Facultad de Ciencias UNAM Gabriela, Del Valle, Area de Fisica, UAM_Azcapotzalco
APPROACHING DISTANCE
Gian Luigi Michelutti, Department of Physics, University of Udine, Italy
HOW TO 'AVOID' THE WORK. UNDERSTANDING THE WAYS IN WHICH PHYSICS USES MATHEMATICS WITH A NEW METHOD TO RECOGNIZE THE CONSTANT OF MOTION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY
Marisa Michelini, Gian Luigi Michelutti, Department of Physics, University of Udine, Italy
FROM KEPLER LAWS TO MECHANICAL ENERGY
Gian Luigi Michelutti, Department of Physics, University of Udine, Italy
TUTORIAL AND RESEARCH PACKAGE 'MASTER' ON CONTINUUM MEDIUM PHYSICS
Vladimir Roudenko, Eugeny Tchekhounov, Mikhail Chabourov. Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Russia.
FORMALIZING THERMAL PHENOMENA FOR 3-6 YEAR-OLDS: ACTION-RESEARCH IN A TEACHER-TRAINING ACTIVITY
Luca Benciolini, Department of Geo-Resources and Territory, University of Udine Marisa Michelini, Department of Physics, University of Udine Adriana Odorico, Faculty of Education, University of Udine
THE FORMAL REASONING OF QUANTUM MECHANICS: CAN WE MAKE IT CONCRETE? SHOULD WE?
Dean Zollmann, Kansas State University, US
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