Introductory thermal concept evaluation: assessing students' understanding
Abstract
We describe a pen and paper instrument designed to provide a measure of a range of student beliefs about thermal phenomena. The trial version, administered to 478 high school and university students aged 15–18 years, was able to distinguish belief changes in two populations, year 11 and first-year university physics students. We have used the revised instrument as a pre-test and post-test for evaluating students’ conceptual change following instruction. The instrument, called the Thermal Concept Evaluation, is appended.
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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).”
From Teaching and Learning Science Using YouTube Videos and Discovery Learning in Primary School (2020) · cites this paper as Yeo & Zadnik,2001
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Hestenes, D., Wells, M., & Swackhamer, G. (1992) · The Physics Teacher · doi:10.1119/1.2343497 · Cited by 3,235 · see citing works
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“…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
- Yeo, S., & Zadnik, M.
- Affiliations
- Curtin University (AU)
- ORCID
- Zadnik, Marjan
- Venue
- The Physics Teacher
- Published
- 2001-11-01
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 496-504
- ISSN
- 0031-921X (ISSN-L)
- 1943-4928
- OpenAlex
- W2114912275
- Cited by
- 196
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Physics Teacher (publishedVersion)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
- 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
- student misconceptions, conceptual change, physics education, high school students, university students, pre-test and post-test, instrument development
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