TY  - JOUR
T1  - Student Understanding of a Simple Heating Curve: Scientific Interpretations and Consistency of Responses
AU  - Jasien, Paul G.
PY  - 2018
DA  - July
DO  - 10.21891/jeseh.432526
JF  - Journal of Education in Science Environment and Health
JO  - JESEH
PB  - ISRES Publishing
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-214X
SP  - 172
EP  - 182
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - This work seeks to elucidateundergraduate science students' basic knowledge of concepts related to theenergy changes for a simple heating curve and their ability to integraterelated concepts. The participants were drawn from first and second semesterGeneral Chemistry classes, as well as junior/senior level Physical Chemistryclasses at a four-year public university in the United States. The researchinstrument for this study was developed and tested over an 18-month period frompreliminary data from students at the same university. The data were analyzedfor students' basic knowledge and the ability to make connections betweenrelated concepts. A definite lack of demonstrated skill in integrating multipleconcepts was revealed at all student levels with respondents often givinginconsistent answers to related questions. It is suggested that these criticalthinking skills can be cultivated in students through various active learningpedagogies based on explicit multi-concept problem solving exercises, ratherthan the usual simple ones that test concepts individually.
KW  - Misconceptions
KW  - Heating curves
KW  - Phase changes
KW  - Concept integration
KW  - Kinetic-molecular theory
CR  - Jasien, P.G. (2018) Student understanding of a simple heating curve: Scientific interpretations and consistency of responses. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), 4(2), 172-182.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.432526
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/486976
ER  -