%0 Journal Article
%T Didactical physics laboratory from a kuhnian perspective
%A Sergio de Mello Arruda
%A Marcos Rodrigues da Silva
%A Carlos Eduardo Laburu
%J Investiga£¿£¿es em Ensino de Ci¨ºncias
%D 2001
%I Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
%X Current studies on didactical physics laboratory have been based in the use of the hypothetical-deductive method, proposing the development of the experimental activities as an investigation process, that reveals its popperian inspiration. In this work, starting from a discussion about different possibilities to understand the relationships between theory and experiment, we propose, based on Thomas Kuhn's ideas, complemented by the thought of van Fraassen, a new orientation for the Physics laboratory, conceiving it, not as a verification or falsification of hypotheses, but as an adaptation process between theory and experiment.
%K philosophy of science
%K theory-experiment relationship
%K didactical physics laboratory
%U http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID70/v6_n1_a2001.pdf