Secondary students’ ideas about heat: Workshop pack, children’s learning in science project.
By Brook, A., Briggs, H., Bell, B. and Driver, R.
“Secondary students’ ideas about heat: Workshop pack, children’s learning in science project.”
Publisher: Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education

1984, 1985

Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Test
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: 9th-12 grade — under 17-18 years

  • Heat and temperature are the same.
  • Some substances are naturally colder than others.
  • Heat and cold are opposite and both are fluid materials.