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GIREP-EPEC 2025 Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands

June 30, 2025 to July 4, 2025
Leiden University, Gorlaeus building
Europe/Amsterdam timezone
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Session

Parallel oral presentations THERMO

THERMO
Jul 1, 2025, 3:30 PM
Leiden University, Gorlaeus building

Leiden University, Gorlaeus building

Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC Leiden https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/locations/gorlaeus-building#tab-1

Conveners

Parallel oral presentations THERMO: Parallel oral presentations 222 THERMO

  • Hans U Fuchs (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)

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  1. 210. Assessing Secondary School Students’ Understanding of the First Law of Thermodynamics: Challenges and Insights
    Petra Plavsic (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
    7/1/25, 3:30 PM
    Thermodynamics & Energy (THERMO)
    Oral presentation

    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...

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  2. 293. Effect of Experiment-Based and Mathematical Modeling Approaches on Conceptual Understanding of Thermodynamics
    İrem Ören
    7/1/25, 3:50 PM
    Thermodynamics & Energy (THERMO)
    Oral presentation

    This study investigates the impact of experiment-based learning and mathematical modeling on high school students' thermodynamics understanding. It aims to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and real-world applications through hands-on experiments and computer-based simulations. A sample of 120 students engaged in activities on heat and temperature concepts. Pre- and post-assessments...

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  3. 119. Carnot’s Waterfall and the Notions of Power and Energy
    Hans Ulrich Fuchs
    7/1/25, 4:10 PM
    Thermodynamics & Energy (THERMO)
    Oral presentation

    We accept the idea of power of a Force of Nature as it arises from Sadi Carnot’s Waterfall Analogy. We show in what sense power is experientially and conceptually primary, and how it can be used for motivating the energy principle (rather than taking power as derived from the concept of energy). We use a macroscopic steady-state model of irreversible thermal engines for demonstrating that...

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