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ERIC Number: EJ643842
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
'Forms of Energy', an Intermediary Language on the Road to Thermodynamics? Part II.
Kaper, Wolter H.; Goedhart, Martin J.
International Journal of Science Education, v24 n2 p119-37 Feb 2002
Presents results of two teaching experiments at university level each involving five students. Attempts in the experiments to build on students' forms of energy language as well as to challenge its limitations. Describes student and teacher reasoning. Concludes that forms of energy language must be reformulated before it can be evaluated with reference to experience. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Energy, Higher Education, Language, Physics, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Thermodynamics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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