... Four-tier geometrical optics test with preservice teachers Diagnosing Students’ Conceptions of Optics Using Comparative Context-Dependent Multiple Choice Items Context-dependent items with Korean students Concluding Comments The topic of optics continues to be an important part of the physics...

... ). 10.1080/03057268308559905 Goldberg , F. and McDermott , L. C. , Common Sense Knowledge Versus Formal Physics Knowledge in Geometrical Optics (University of Washington, 1984 ). Goldberg , F. M. and McDermott , L. C. , Am. J. Phys.   55 ( 2 ), 108 – 119 ( 1987 ). 10.1119...

... strategy improvement. Finally, Sec. 5.4 brings the paper to a close. Methodology The proposed method takes into account heliostat optical performance deviations caused by physical deformation. Variations in facet focal lengths and rotation angles can be used to describe such deviations. To calculate...

... D Oscillations E Electromagnetism F Fluids G Light: Geometric optics H Nuclear physics and radioactivity I Heat, temperature and kinetic theory FIG. 6.30 Questionnaire answers for groups VIR-T and EXP-T. FIG. 6.29 DAQ software for 1st (left) and 2nd (right) heat transfer...

..., and interdisciplinary fields, as well as students in physics, applied sciences, and engineering. Physical optics (Optics and optical physics) Geometrical optics (Optics and optical physics) Quantum optics (Optics and optical physics) Electromagnetic optics (Optics and optical physics) ...

... theorems on triangles. Geometrical figures help in the idealization of physics objects, in deriving proofs, or in finding relations between quantities. To be concrete, the use of geometrical methods and tools seems especially appropriate in geometrical optics. Here, important laws like Snellius law ( Metz...

...., 2009 ), Four-Tier Geometrical Optics Test (FTGOT) (Kaltakci-Gurel et al., 2017) are some of the concept inventories used by physics education researchers. However, this list is not exhaustive. A more detailed and complete study on conceptual assessment tools can be found in PhysPort ( https...

... progresses on physics and applications of vanadium dioxide ,” Mater. Today   21 , 875 – 896 ( 2018 ). 10.1016/j.mattod.2018.03.029 Lyobha , C. J. , Mlyuka , N. R. , Samiji , M. E.   et al. , “ Effects of aluminium and tungsten co-doping on the optical properties of VO₂ based...

... sections through the 2D optical pump—THz probe data of equilibrium conductivity of VO₂ with predominant components of (a) P, phonon resonances and (b) E, electronic conductivity ( Kübler et al., 2007 ). Ferroelastic Domain Wall in VO₂ Metal insulator transition...

...: Electricity and Magnetism, Module 4: Light and Optics , 3rd ed. ( Wiley , Hoboken, NJ , 2011 ). Steinberg , M. S. and Wainwright , C. L. , Phys. Teacher   31 , 353 – 357 ( 1993 ). 10.1119/1.2343798 Steinberg , R. N.   et al. , The Changing Role of Physics Departments in Modern...

... Knowledge in Geometrical Optics (University of Washington, 1984 ). Goldberg , F. M. and McDermott , L. C. , Am. J. Phys.   55 ( 2 ), 108 – 119 ( 1987 ). 10.1119/1.15254 Greca , I. M. and Moreira , M. A. , Int. J. Sci. Educ.   19 ( 6 ), 711 – 724 ( 1997 ). 10.1080...

... of the semiconductor area substituted by an optical element. Two different definitions of the concentration factor are possible, i.e., based on the geometrical concentration or the power concentration. Both definitions are interlinked by optical efficiency. FIG. 7.6 Fundamentals of CPV. Impact factors on CPV...

... optics.” Although the two physics textbooks were very different in both scope and contextualization, the author groups of both textbooks worked hard to embrace the detailed guidelines developed by the State Education Department for the two very different syllabi, and to reflect the syllabus guidelines...

... ).The potential of MCs as physical and chemical sensors was first explored in the mid-1990s by two research groups: Thundat and coworkers at Oakridge National Laboratory ( Thundat et al., 1995 ) and Jim Gimzewski and Christopher Gerber at IBM Zurich ( Gimzewski et al., 1994 ). Since...

... of the manufacturing of modern mechanical, optical and electrical devices and it is gaining popularity day by day ( Basu et al. 2019d , 2020b , 2021a). Starting from semiconductor manufacturing and circuit design to electronic packaging, miniaturization is being employed rigorously ( Basu et al...