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Direct linkSozbilir, Mustafa – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2004
This study is intended to review some of the selected researches carried out on students' understandings of enthalpy and spontaneity. The review puts together the important findings of the researches, summarises the misunderstandings identified so far and the possible sources of these misunderstandings. Therefore, this study would be beneficial…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Misconceptions, Thermodynamics, Meta Analysis
Peer reviewedKiel, L. Douglas – Social Science Quarterly, 1991
Discusses incorporating the dynamics of complex systems, as presented in the theory of dissipative structures, into models of evolving social systems. Considers the importance of instability and minor and random events and the limits of forecasting, generalization, and control. Concludes that the nonlinear paradigm represents a link between…
Descriptors: Change, Entropy, Higher Education, Human Geography
