Probing high school students’ understanding of interference and diffraction of light using standard wave optics experiments

Demonstration interviews with 27 high school students (18–19 years old) were conducted in Zagreb, Croatia, using several standard experiments on interference and diffraction of light. Students were asked for their predictions, observations, and explanations of the experiments. In this process, many...

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Main Authors: Karolina Matejak Cvenic, Lana Ivanjek, Maja Planinic, Katarina Jelicic, Ana Susac, Martin Hopf, Mateja Cindric Brkic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2023-08-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.020118