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Gonen, S. – Science Education International, 2014
The present study was carried out with 46 teacher candidates taking the course of "Thermodynamics" in the Department of Physics Teaching. The purpose of the study was to determine the difficulties that teacher candidates experienced in explaining the heat, work and internal energy relationships in the processes of adiabatic compression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thermodynamics, Preservice Teachers, Physics
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Cigdemoglu, Ceyhan; Geban, Omer – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
The aim of this study was to delve into the effect of context-based approach (CBA) over traditional instruction (TI) on students' chemical literacy level related to thermochemical and thermodynamics concepts. Four eleventh-grade classes with 118 students in total taught by two teachers from a public high school in 2012 fall semester were enrolled…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Teaching Methods, Grade 11
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Tatar, Erdal; Oktay, Munir – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2011
Background: Problem-based learning (PBL) is a teaching approach working in cooperation with self-learning and involving research to solve real problems. The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but that energy is conserved. Students had difficulty learning or misconceptions about this law. This study…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), College Science, Thermodynamics, Problem Based Learning