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Investigating introductory and advanced students' difficulties with entropy and the second law of thermodynamics using a validated instrument
Mary Jane Brundage, David E. Meltzer, Chandralekha Singh
We use the Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws-Long (STPFaSL-Long), a research-based survey instrument with 78 items at the level of introductory physics, t…
physics.ed-ph2024
Investigating introductory and advanced students' difficulties with change in internal energy, work and heat transfer using a validated instrument
Mary Jane Brundage, David E. Meltzer, Chandralekha Singh
We use the Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws-Long (STPFaSL-Long), a research-based survey instrument with 78 items at the level of introductory physics, t…