Das habt ihr schon im Mathe gelernt! Stimmt das wirklich?: Ein Vergleich zwischen dem Umgang mit mathematischen Konzepten in der Mathematik und in der Physik

Ricardo Avelar Sotomaior Karam; Olaf Uhden; Dietmar Höttecke

Das habt ihr schon im Mathe gelernt! Stimmt das wirklich? Ein Vergleich zwischen dem Umgang mit mathematischen Konzepten in der Mathematik und in der Physik

Translated title of the contribution: You already learned it in your math classes! Is this really true?

Ricardo Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Olaf Uhden, Dietmar Höttecke

Abstract

Mathematics is widely considered to be a prerequisite for learning physics. However, it is quite naive to believe that learning basic math is sufficient to use mathematics as a reasoning tool to think about the physical world. The main reason is that using mathematics in physics is substantially different than in math. In this paper we show how the way physicists make use of some basic mathematical concepts (e.g. multiplication, division and functions) is specific to physics by identifying their historical genesis and contrasting with the way these concepts are usually taught in math lessons. We argue that the explicit acknowledgement of these differences has important didactical implications.

Translated title of the contribution	You already learned it in your math classes! Is this really true?
Original language	German
Journal	Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik
Volume	153/154
Pages (from-to)	22-27
ISSN	0946-2147
Publication status	Published - Jul 2016

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Das habt ihr schon im Mathe gelernt! Stimmt das wirklich? Ein Vergleich zwischen dem Umgang mit mathematischen Konzepten in der Mathematik und in der Physik. / Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo; Uhden, Olaf; Höttecke, Dietmar.
In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik, Vol. 153/154, 07.2016, p. 22-27.

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