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Chu, Hye-Eun; Treagust, David F.; Yeo, Shelley; Zadnik, Marjan – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
The aims of this study were to determine the underlying conceptual structure of the thermal concept evaluation (TCE) questionnaire, a pencil-and-paper instrument about everyday contexts of heat, temperature, and heat transfer, to investigate students' conceptual understanding of thermal concepts in everyday contexts across several school years and…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Scientific Concepts, Heat
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Paik, Seoung-Hey; Cho, Boo-Kyung; Go, Young-Mi – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
The aim of the present study is to shed light on the conceptions that young students have of heat and temperature, concepts that are both important in school science curricula and closely related to daily life. The subjects of the study were students from a rural district in South Korea and they ranged in age from 4 to 11 years. Interviews were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Elements (Construction), Climate, Concept Formation