An Investigation of the Heat Concept with Computer Models

dc.creator	A. Kariper
dc.creator	B. Akarsu
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:39Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:39Z
dc.identifier	1313-1958
dc.identifier	1313-9118
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d9c493a084674e679d5d075f7cd0b3df
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15404
dc.description	The purpose of this study is to investigate how students understand thermodynamic concepts such as temperature, heat and energy, and how they can enhance understanding of these concepts more easily via computer models. Students often show difficulties imagining matter molecules, temperature, heat and heat energy, some of the subjects studied at high schools in most of developed countries.Semi-structured interviews and writ-ten exams were used to explore students‟ ideas and their mental models. In addition, computers and computer applications are used for this purpose. With 6th grade students, computer models are compared with the traditional educational methods currently dominant in Turkey. They are considered to possess some level of developed concepts of temperature, heat, energy, and matter structure because they have already taken some fundamental courses on these topics. The implications and recommendations for pedagogy are discussed in the conclusion section of this paper.
dc.language	Bulgarian
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Sofia
dc.relation	http://bjsep.org/getfile.php?id=98
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1313-1958
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1313-9118
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy , Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 219-237 (2011)
dc.subject	Interactive learning environments
dc.subject	Computers in education
dc.subject	Simulations
dc.subject	Secondary education
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	An Investigation of the Heat Concept with Computer Models
dc.type	article