Can Clockwise Exist without Clocks?

• Wilson J. González-Espada ^[1] ; Kathryn Gallenstein ^[1] ; Katelyn Collins ^[1]
  1. [1] Morehead State University

     Morehead State University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 60, Nº. 8, 2022, págs. 653-655
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The use of analogies is a well-known teaching strategy to bridge unfamiliar and familiar concepts. However, analogies may become ineffective if the familiar concept is not familiar anymore. For example, this may occur when we describe rotational sense as clockwise and counterclockwise, assuming students know how to read a clock with hour and minute hands. To what extent is this assumption correct?