Development of the heat and energy concept inventory: Preliminary results on the prevalence and persistence of engineering students' misconceptions

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-438

  Prince, Michael ^a   Vigeant, Margot ^a   Nottis, Katharyn ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept inventory; Heat; Misconception

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; RELIABILITY;

CONCEPT INVENTORIES; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY RELIABILITY; INTERNAL RELIABILITIES; MISCONCEPTION; RESEARCH PURPOSE; STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS; STUDENT PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84863687650     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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