A study of Turkish chemistry undergraduates' understandings of entropy

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1204-1208

  Sözbilir, Mustafa ^a   Bennett, Judith M ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; EDUCATION; ENTROPY; STUDENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONAIRES; SEMISTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34347259513     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1204     Document Type: Article

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