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ERIC Number: EJ652831
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-9505
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Student Understanding of the First Law of Thermodynamics: Relating Work to the Adiabatic Compression of an Ideal Gas.
Loverude, Michael E.; Kautz, Christian H.; Heron, Paula R. L.
American Journal of Physics, v70 n2 p137-48 Feb 2002
Reports on an investigation of student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics. Involves students from a first-year university physics course and a second-year thermal physics course. Focuses on the ability of students to relate the first law to the adiabatic physics course. Discusses implications for thermal physics and mechanics instruction. (Contains 54 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Physics, Science Education, Thermodynamics, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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