Student difficulties with concepts related to entropy, heat engines and the Carnot cycle
We report the rationale behind and preliminary results from a guided-inquiry conceptual worksheet (a.k.a. tutorial) dealing with Carnot's efficiency and the Carnot cycle. The tutorial was administered in an upper-level thermodynamics course at the University of Maine. The tutorial was implemented as the third in a three-tutorial sequence designed to improve students' understanding of entropy and its applications. Initial pre- and post-tutorial assessment data suggest that student understanding of heat engines and the Carnot cycle improved as a result of tutorial instruction.
Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference series Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30, 2009 Volume 1179, Pages 277-280
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T. Smith, W. Christensen, and J. Thompson, Student difficulties with concepts related to entropy, heat engines and the Carnot cycle, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9503&DocID=1379>.
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Smith, T., Christensen, W., & Thompson, J. (2009, July 29-30). Student difficulties with concepts related to entropy, heat engines and the Carnot cycle. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved October 4, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9503&DocID=1379
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Smith, T, W. Christensen, and J. Thompson. "Student difficulties with concepts related to entropy, heat engines and the Carnot cycle." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9503&DocID=1379 (accessed 4 October 2024).
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Smith, Trevor I., Warren M. Christensen, and John Thompson. "Student difficulties with concepts related to entropy, heat engines and the Carnot cycle." Physics Education Research Conference 2009. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2009. 277-280 Vol. 1179 of PER Conference. 4 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9503&DocID=1379>.
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Address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
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Month = {July 29-30},
Year = {2009}
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