Understanding of Elementary Concepts in Heat and Temperature among College Students and K-12 Teachers
Abstract
Ideas associated with heat and temperature are widely known to cause difficulties for students. This may be due to the use of these terms in colloquial speech and also to students' interpretations of everyday experiences. We report here the results of an investigation on student understanding of selected topics in heat and temperature, particularly thermal equilibrium, giving evidence for a number of misconceptions about heat and temperature and the relationships between specific heat, heat capacity, and heat transfer. The study subjects represented diverse groups with widely varying backgrounds in chemistry and physics. They included pre- and in-service teachers, and lower- and upper-division science majors and nonmajors.
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The heat transfer concept in terms of heat and temperature concepts is one of the most difficult concepts of the science curricula at primary, secondary, and post-secondary education.
“The previous researchers' reports the heat transfer concept in term of heat and temperature concepts are one of the most difficult concepts of the science curricula at levels of primary schools (Bilgin, Nas, & Çoruhlu, 2017), secondary (Yeo & Zadnik,2001) and post-secondary education (Jasien & Oberem, 2002).”
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- Authors
- Jasien, P. G., & Oberem, G. E.
- Affiliations
- California State University, San Marcos (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Chemical Education
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2002-07
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 889
- ISSN
- 0021-9584 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-1328
- OpenAlex
- W1997079413
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Chemical Education (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Methods and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Science Education and Perceptions
- Keywords
- temperature and heat, misconceptions, thermal equilibrium, specific heat, heat capacity, heat transfer, student understanding, pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, science majors, non-majors, conceptual difficulties
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