caa a22 4500 463205561 CHVBK 20180405153125.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11191-006-9008-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11191-006-9008-z Silva Cibelle Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13565-590, São Carlos, SP, Brazil aut The Role of Models and Analogies in the Electromagnetic Theory: A Historical Case Study [Elektronische Daten] [Cibelle Silva] Despite its great importance, many students and even their teachers still cannot recognize the relevance of models to build up physical knowledge and are unable to develop qualitative explanations for mathematical expressions that exist within physics. Thus, it is not a surprise that analogies play an important role in science education, since students' construction of mental models of abstract phenomena need to be rooted in some existing or previous experience in order to interpret more complex ideas. The present article focuses on some of these issues by analyzing some specific instances of the historical development of the electromagnetic theory. Using the mental models framework, the importance of mechanical analogies to understand some of the electromagnetic concepts are emphasized. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 analogies nationallicence electricity nationallicence electromagnetic theory nationallicence fields nationallicence history of science nationallicence magnetism nationallicence Maxwell nationallicence mental models nationallicence models nationallicence Science & Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 16/7-8(2007-08-01), 835-848 0926-7220 16:7-8<835 2007 16 11191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-006-9008-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-006-9008-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Silva Cibelle Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13565-590, São Carlos, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science & Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 16/7-8(2007-08-01), 835-848 0926-7220 16:7-8<835 2007 16 11191 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer