Ricardo Avelar Sotomaior Karam

Ricardo Avelar Sotomaior Karam

Associate Professor

Member of:

  • Physics Education Research


  1. 2019
  2. Published

    Schrödinger’s Struggles with a Complex Wave Function

    Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The “Math as Prerequisite” Illusion: Historical Considerations and Implications for Physics Teaching

    Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, Uhden, O. & Höttecke, D., 2019, Mathematics in Physics Education. Pospiech, G., Michelini, M. & Eylon, B-S. (eds.). Springer, p. 37-52

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Why is centripetal acceleration v2/r2: Students’ struggles and preferences after seeing different derivations

    Vedel, S., Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo & Hansen, Steen Harle, 2019, p. 289-290.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  5. 2018
  6. Published

    Fresnel's original interpretation of complex numbers in 19th century optics

    Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, 1 Apr 2018, In: American Journal of Physics. 86, 4, p. 245-249 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    The free fall of an apple: conceptual subtleties and implications for physics teaching

    Koch Torres Assis, A. & Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, 2018, In: European Journal of Physics. 39, 3, p. 1-14 14 p., 035003.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 2017
  9. Published

    Forces on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field: the macro-micro connection

    Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, Kneubil, F. & Robilotta, M., 2017, In: European Journal of Physics. 38, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 2016
  11. Published

    Keyhole: Equal signs as bridges between the phenomenological and theoretical dimensions

    Kneubil, F. & Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, 1 Dec 2016, In: Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Fisica. 39, 2, p. 1-11 11 p., e2302.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Atwood and Poggendorff: an insightful analogy

    Coelho, R., Borges, P. & Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, 22 Sep 2016, In: European Journal of Physics. 37, 6, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    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, O. & Höttecke, D., Jul 2016, In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik. 153/154, p. 22-27

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Mathematik als Brücke zwischen Makro- und Mikrokosmos: Ein Unterrichtskonzept zur Thermodynamik in der Oberstufe

    Zander, S., Dorn, T. & Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo, Jul 2016, In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik. 153/154, p. 68-73

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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