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Students’ Thinking in Relation to Pressure-Volume Changes of a Fixed Amount of air: The Semi-Quantitative Context

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avondale-bepress.context-key25829823
avondale-bepress.submission-pathsci_math_papers/122
avondale.affiliatede Berg, Kevin
avondale.facultyScience
avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewedPeer Reviewed
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorde Berg, Kevin C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:34:15Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:34:15Z
dc.date.issued1992-01-01
dc.date.submitted2021-11-08T20:04:31Z
dc.description.abstract<p>An analysis of student responses to a semi‐quantitative task involving pressure‐‐volume changes of a fixed amount of air is reported in this paper. It is demonstrated that student conceptions of ‘pressure’ and ‘vacuum’ are unscientific and that a large number of student responses focus on the idea that enclosed air has different properties from open air. The use of non‐scientific notions did not appear to depend on whether the student was studying a physical science subject or not, or whether the student was male or female. The implications for the teaching of the physical sciences are discussed. © 1992 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>de Berg, K. C. (1992). Students’ thinking in relation to pressure‐volume changes of a fixed amount of air: The semi‐quantitative context.<em> International Journal of Science Education, 14</em>(3), 295-303. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/0950069920140306">10.1080/0950069920140306</a></p>
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/0950069920140306
dc.identifier.issn0950-0693
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/25829823
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Science Education
dc.rights<p>Due to copyright restrictions this article is unavailable for download.</p>
dc.subjectpressure
dc.subjectvolume
dc.subjectlaw
dc.subjectscience
dc.titleStudents’ Thinking in Relation to Pressure-Volume Changes of a Fixed Amount of air: The Semi-Quantitative Context
dc.typeJournal Article

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