Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws (long) (STPFaSL-long)
Developed by Benjamin Brown and Chandralekha Singh
| Purpose | To measure the effectiveness of traditional and/or research-based techniques of teaching the first and second laws of thermodynamics and thermodynamic processes. |
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| Format | Pre/post, Multiple-choice |
| Duration | 50 min |
| Focus | Thermal / Statistical Content knowledge (PV diagrams, reversible processes, irreversible processes, first law of thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics) |
| Level | Upper-level, Intermediate, Intro college |
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RESEARCH VALIDATION
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Research-based ValidationThis is the lowest level of research validation, corresponding to at least one of the validation categories below.
Research Validation Summary
Based on Research Into:
- Student thinking
Studied Using:
- Student interviews
- Expert review
- Appropriate statistical analysis
Research Conducted:
- At multiple institutions
- By multiple research groups
- Peer-reviewed publication
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The STPFASL-long contains the same 19 question contexts as the STPFASL-short, but the STPFASL-long splits most questions into several sub-questions where each asks about only one thing, e.g., one thermodynamic variable.
Variation
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Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws (short)Content knowledge Thermal / Statistical (first law of thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics, PV diagrams, reversible processes, irreversible processes)Intro college Pre/post, Multiple-choice |
