login
-
create an account
STP Search:
Browse by Category
Browse by Topic
Shared Resources
HTML5 STP Book
About STP
»
home
»
Search
» Search Results
Search Results
You may use the options below to change your display:
Alter display preferences
The following options can help you tailor your search display:
Show:
5
10
15
20
25
results per page
Sort by:
Primary Contributor
Primary Subject
Publication Date
Relevance
Title
Restricted to General Topic:
General Physics
Restricted to Specific Topic:
Physics Education Research
Refine your search
Narrow your results
By Subject:
General Physics
Physics Education Research
By Resource Type:
Collection (1)
Instructional Material (3)
Reference Material (4)
By STP Type:
Teacher Resource (6)
By Context:
Lower Undergraduate
(6)
Upper Undergraduate
(3)
By Collection:
Statistical and Thermal Physics materials
all ComPADRE materials
Results #1-#6 of 6
sort by:
relevance
|
subject
|
date
|
title
|
author
Refine this search
1.
Student ability to apply the concepts of work and energy to extended systems
More...
Match Score:
100
Post a comment
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
2.
Research on the Teaching and Learning of Thermal Physics
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
J. Thompson, D. Meltzer, and M. Loverude
Post a comment
|
Relations
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…
Please be aware that our link checker has indicated a possible issue with the link to this material.
http://web.mac.com/loverude/Thermo/Welcome_2.html
3.
Thermal physics in the introductory physics course: Why and how to teach it from a unified atomic perspective
More...
Match Score:
100
Post a comment
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
4.
Investigation of students' reasoning regarding heat, work, and the first law of thermodynamics in an introductory calculus-based general physics course
More...
Match Score:
100
Post a comment
|
Relations
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
5.
Student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics: Relating work to the adiabatic compression of an ideal gas
More...
Match Score:
100
Post a comment
|
Relations
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
6.
Student Understanding of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
[ Conference Proceedings ]
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
P. Heron
Post a comment
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