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- Title
Difficulties of Teaching and Learning the Concepts of Thermodynamics in the Secondary Education in Algeria.
- Authors
Douadi, Zohra; Rayane, Sidali; Djabali, Djaafar
- Abstract
This study deals with the difficulties of teaching and learning some of thermodynamics concepts programmed in the content of secondary education (its nature, types, causes). We used descriptive and analytical approaches. The study dealt with a sample of Algerian secondary students (third year secondary students - mathematical technical stream) in the final semester of the academic year (2012/2013), where 125 students were chosen for it. The tools selected for this study were: the tool of analyzing the content, testing thermodynamics concepts and interview with teachers. We have found many difficulties facing teachers in teaching some concepts such as heat and work, etc. and other difficulties facing students such as the existence of alternative perceptions to the students (eg: not differentiating between heat and temperature, absence of exchange of heat in the isothermal transformation). It has been shown that the reasons for these difficulties were diverse and the most important one is the lack of previous knowledge acquisition of students because they were not dealt with during the previous school years. Therefore, we recommend a review of the curricula and the necessity to incorporate a process linking and grading of the concepts through the various educational stages.
- Subjects
ALGERIA; THERMODYNAMICS education in secondary schools; SEMESTER system in education
- Publication
Latin-American Journal of Physics Education, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1870-9095
- Publication type
Article