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International Journal of Science Education
written by Mike Arnold and Robin Millar
This paper describes an investigation into students' and adults' understanding of a simple thermal system by conducting interviews that explored the constructs and explanatory ideas used by children and adults in interpreting the outcome of a heating experiment. Researchers found that many interviewees' reasoning about heat phenomena used an elementary 'on=hot/off=cold' principle. Some implications of these findings for the teaching of heat and temperature are discussed.
International Journal of Science Education: Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 405-419
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© 1994 Taylor & Francis Group
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DOI:
10.1080/0950069940160403
Keywords:
heat, heat phenomena, heating experiment, temperature, thermal phenomena, thermal system
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Metadata instance created June 13, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
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September 23, 2007 by Lyle Barbato
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July 1, 1994
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M. Arnold and R. Millar, , Int. J. Sci. Educ. 16 (4), 405 (1994), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1080/0950069940160403).
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M. Arnold and R. Millar, Children's and lay adults' views about thermal equilibrium, Int. J. Sci. Educ. 16 (4), 405 (1994), <https://doi.org/10.1080/0950069940160403>.
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Arnold, M., & Millar, R. (1994, July 1). Children's and lay adults' views about thermal equilibrium. Int. J. Sci. Educ., 16(4), 405-419. Retrieved May 7, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1080/0950069940160403
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Arnold, Mike, and Robin Millar. "Children's and lay adults' views about thermal equilibrium." Int. J. Sci. Educ. 16, no. 4, (July 1, 1994): 405-419, https://doi.org/10.1080/0950069940160403 (accessed 7 May 2024).
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Arnold, Mike, and Robin Millar. "Children's and lay adults' views about thermal equilibrium." Int. J. Sci. Educ. 16.4 (1994): 405-419. 7 May 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1080/0950069940160403>.
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