Related to this, there was that recent article about a classical interpretation of the famous double-slit experiment (pilot wave theory) that helps bring quantum physics back closer to more intuitive descriptions http://www.wired.com/2014/06/the-new-quantum-reality

And this can help for pedagogical purposes, too. Another example is infinitesimals in calculus, which were dismissed in favor of Weierstrass's epsilon-delta definitions over a hundred years ago, but found to be more understandable to students in more recent studies: http://academic.brcc.edu/johnson/Projects/Calculus%20with%20...