written by Jenaro Guisasola, José L. Zubimendi, and Kristina Zuza

We examine the pedagogical suitability of introducing a teaching sequence for the concept of electrical capacitance within the context of charging a body. This short sequence targets first year university students and was designed following students' common conceptions on this topic. The evaluation is made by comparing the results with a control group using written questionnaires. The results show that the elements within the sequence help students to establish a connection between the movement of charges (microframe) and the energetic analysis of the system (macroframe).

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Released under a This article was published in Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research 6, 020102, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020102 and is released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Published July 12, 2010
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