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This article presents an empirical study on an initial learning progression of energy, a concept of central importance to the understanding of science. Learning progressions have…
B. Dreyfus, B. Geller, D. Meltzer, and V. Sawtelle, Am. J. Phys., 83 (1), 5-21 (2014).
This Resource Letter draws on discipline-based education research from physics, chemistry, and biology to collect literature on the teaching of thermodynamics and statistical…
B. Dreyfus, J. Gouvea, B. Geller, V. Sawtelle, C. Turpen, and E. Redish, Am. J. Phys., 82 (5), 403-411 (2014).
Energy is a complex idea that cuts across scientific disciplines. For life science students, an
approach to energy that incorporates chemical bonds and chemical reactions is better…
