Speaker
Petra Plavsic
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Description
To investigate secondary school students' understanding of the First Law of Thermodynamics within the Croatian educational system, we developed a test by adapting the "Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws (long)". The test was administered to students from three Zagreb secondary schools following their completion of thermodynamics content. Data analysis included the application of the Rasch model, which confirmed the test's functionality and demonstrated that its difficulty appropriately matched the abilities of the participants. Additionally, frequency analysis identified common student conceptual difficulties and areas of difficulty, which will be addressed in the presentation.
| Education level | Age 15-18 (Secondary education) |
|---|---|
| Physics topic | Thermodynamics and Energy |
| Research focus | Student conceptions / Preconceptions / Misconceptions |
| Research method | Analytic Physics Education Research (Quantitative research) |
| Organizing preference criteria | Education level |
Authors
Ana Susac
Mrs
Karolina Matejak Cvenic
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička c. 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia)
Katarina Jelicic
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Lana Ivanjek
(JKU Linz)
Maja Planinić
(Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Petra Plavsic
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
