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Ontological metaphors for negative energy in an interdisciplinary context
Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Benjamin D. Geller, Julia Gouvea +3
Teaching about energy in interdisciplinary settings that emphasize coherence among physics, chemistry, and biology leads to a more central role for chemical bond energy. We argue t…
Entropy and spontaneity in an introductory physics course for life science students
Benjamin D. Geller, Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Julia Gouvea +3
In an Introductory Physics for Life Science (IPLS) course that leverages authentic biological examples, student ideas about entropy as "disorder" or "chaos" come into contact with…
Chemical energy in an introductory physics course for the life sciences
Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Julia Gouvea, Benjamin D. Geller +3
Energy is a complex idea that cuts across scientific disciplines. For life science students, an approach to energy that incorporates chemical bonds and chemical reactions is better…
Negative Energy: Why Interdisciplinary Physics Requires Multiple Ontologies
Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Benjamin D. Geller, Julia Gouvea +3
Much recent work in physics education research has focused on ontological metaphors for energy, particularly the substance ontology and its pedagogical affordances. The concept of…