Trends in Science Education Research
By Pathare, Shirish, Pradhan, H. C.
“Students’ Alternative Conceptions in Pressure, Heat and Temperature”
Publisher:
Pp. 38-40
2004
Students’ Alternative Conceptions in Pressure, Heat and Temperature
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Conceptual inventory
Number of subjects, range: Medium — 11-30
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years
- Heat is a form of energy.
- Temperature causes a change in heat or temperature is the unit that determines particular states of a body
- In copper, heat affects inner particles, whereas wood absorbs heat only at the surface.
- Wood will resist the change in temperature.