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American Journal of Physics
Student ability to apply the concepts of work and energy to extended systems 
  
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B. Lindsey, P. Heron, and P. Shaffer, Am. J. Phys., 77 (11), 999-1009 (2009).
The authors discuss students' ability to apply the concepts of work and energy to situations in which the internal structure of a system cannot be ignored, that is, the system cannot…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3183889
Research on the Teaching and Learning of Thermal Physics 
  
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J. Thompson, D. Meltzer, and M. Loverude
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This website provides the curriculum pieces, tutorials, and research papers developed under the Research on the Teaching and Learning of Thermal Physics grant. Diagnostic questions…
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http://web.mac.com/loverude/Thermo/Welcome_2.html
American Journal of Physics
Investigation of students' reasoning regarding heat, work, and the first law of thermodynamics in an introductory calculus-based general physics course 
  
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D. Meltzer, Am. J. Phys., 72 (11), 1432-1446 (2004).
Many studies have shown that pre-university students have substantial learning difficulties related to heat, temperature, and related concepts. However, very few investigations have…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1789161
American Journal of Physics
Student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics: Relating work to the adiabatic compression of an ideal gas 
  
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M. Loverude, C. Kautz, and P. Heron, Am. J. Phys., 70 (2), 137-148 (2002).
We report on an investigation of student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics. The students involved were drawn from first-year university physics courses and a…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1417532
American Journal of Physics
Thermal physics in the introductory physics course: Why and how to teach it from a unified atomic perspective 
  
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F. Reif, Am. J. Phys., 67 (12), 1051-1062 (1999).
Heat and thermodynamics are traditionally taught in the introductory physics course from a predominantly macroscopic point of view. However, it is advantageous to adopt a more modern…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19181
Student Understanding of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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P. Heron, 2006 PhysTEC Conference (2006).
This presentation from the 2006 PTEC Conference presents education research on topics in thermodynamics. Student responses to conceptual thermodynamics questions, and the conceptions…
https://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4440&DocID=166