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FPAT-A Framework for Facilitating the Teaching and Learning of Using Fermi Problems Originating in Mathematics Education Research
Linköping University, Department of Mathematics, Analysis and Mathematics Education. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5013-8890
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Spain.
2022 (English)In: Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, E-ISSN 1943-4928, Vol. 60, no 7, p. 569-571Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Enrico Fermi is remembered for his many contributions to theoretical and experimental physics, but from an educational point of view he also popularized the use of the kind of questions we now call "Fermi problems" (or "Fermi questions"). Fermi problems (FPs) are back-of-envelope problems that arose from the need to make order of magnitude calculations, and Fermi himself used them in his own research and physics classes. The procedure proposed by Fermi was to break the original problem down into simpler sub-problems, solve these by making reasonable estimates and educated guesses, and thereby reach a solution to the original question. In the literature, this way of working is known as the "Fermi (estimates) method."

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AMER ASSN PHYSICS TEACHERS , 2022. Vol. 60, no 7, p. 569-571
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-190125DOI: 10.1119/5.0040017ISI: 000877408700015OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-190125DiVA, id: diva2:1713020
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Funding Agencies|MCIN/AEI [PID2021- 126707NB-I00]; ERDF A way of making Europe

Available from: 2022-11-23 Created: 2022-11-23 Last updated: 2022-11-23

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