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Student Reasoning Regarding Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics in an Introductory Physics Course
written by David E. Meltzer
This paper, presented at the 2001 Physics Education Research Conference, shares the results of a diagnostic quiz administered over the past two years in the calculus-based introductory physics course at Iowa State University (ISU). This quiz focuses on heat, work, and the first law of thermodynamics. The written quiz responses of 653 students in three separate courses are analyzed in detail, to shed light on the path on which learning takes place.
Physics Education Research Conference 2001
Part of the PER Conference series
Rochester, New York: July 25-26, 2001
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Education Foundations
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- Assessment
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- Learning Theory
Thermo & Stat Mech
- First Law
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- Lower Undergraduate
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© 2001 David E. Meltzer
DOI:
10.1119/perc.2001.pr.014
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9981140
Keywords:
PERC 2001, heat, reasoning, thermodynamics, work
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Metadata instance created September 27, 2006 by Lyle Barbato
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February 16, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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D. Meltzer, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York, 2001, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4347&DocID=1038).
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D. Meltzer, Student Reasoning Regarding Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics in an Introductory Physics Course, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York, 2001, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4347&DocID=1038>.
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Meltzer, D. (2001, July 25-26). Student Reasoning Regarding Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics in an Introductory Physics Course. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4347&DocID=1038
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Meltzer, David. "Student Reasoning Regarding Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics in an Introductory Physics Course." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York, July 25-26, 2001. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4347&DocID=1038 (accessed 19 March 2024).
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Meltzer, David. "Student Reasoning Regarding Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics in an Introductory Physics Course." Physics Education Research Conference 2001. Rochester, New York: 2001. of PER Conference. 19 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4347&DocID=1038>.
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@inproceedings{ Author = "David Meltzer", Title = {Student Reasoning Regarding Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics in an Introductory Physics Course}, BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2001}, Address = {Rochester, New York}, Series = {PER Conference}, Month = {July 25-26}, Year = {2001} }
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