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Location:
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City Terrace 7 |
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Date:
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Monday, Jan.10 |
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Time:
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7:10PM - 7:20PM
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Author:
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David E. Meltzer, Arizona State University
480-727-5215, david.meltzer@asu.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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In recent years a number of studies have been published that
address students' reasoning about entropy in the context of chemical
thermodynamics. These studies have revealed common student difficulties
such as confusion regarding distinctions between "system" and
"surroundings," misunderstandings regarding microstates and macrostates,
and a tendency to confuse entropy with kinetic energy. I will review
these studies from the standpoint of related research that has been done
in the context of physics education.
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Footnotes:
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*Supported in part by NSF Grant DUE-0817282
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