An investigation of tertiary students' understanding of evaporation, condensation and vapour pressure

Investigating the effectiveness of a POE-based teaching activity on students’ understanding of condensation

“…Focusing on the literature review, specifically on the condensation concept, several researchers (Bar and Gaglili 1994;Bar and Travis 1991;Chang 1999;Coştu 2002Coştu , 2006Coştu and Ayas 2005;Ewings and Mills 1994;Gopal et al 2004;Hatzinikita and Koulaidis 1997;Henriques 2000;Johnson 1998Johnson , 2005Kruger and Summers 1989;Lee et al 1993;Osborne and Cosgrove 1983;Paik et al 2004;Papageorgiou and Johnson 2005;Stavy 1990a, b;Tytler 2000;Varelas et al 2006;You and Schallert 1992) have investigated students' conceptions at a range of grade levels and have unveiled a wide variety of SAC (students' alternative conceptions). Condensation is considered a sophisticated topic necessitating cognitive differentiations that students in different stages may not be ready for and may not be able to construct (Varelas et al 2006).…”

“…A large body of knowledge reveals numerous students' alternative conceptions and learning difficulties for properties of condensation. This included a variety of topics, such as changes of phase (e.g., Chang 1999), evaporation and condensation (e.g., Lee et al 1993), conservation of matter during evaporation and condensation (e.g., Hatzinikita and Koulaidis 1997), changes of state associated with real life events like the weather (e.g., Henriques 2000), vapor pressure (e.g., Gopal et al 2004), conditions for changes of state (e.g., Paik et al 2004), conceptions of the nature of matter and its phases (e.g., Johnson 2005), student's conceptual progression in their understanding of phase changes (e.g., Varelas et al 2006), condensation in open systems (e.g., Paik et al 2004), condensation in closed systems (e.g., Coştu 2006), and finally condensation and heat transformations (e.g., Coştu 2002). This represents a substantial body of literature, and affords insights into common alternative conceptions and learning difficulties.…”

Learning Science through the PDEODE Teaching Strategy: Helping Students Make Sense of Everyday Situations

“…The study presented here mainly focused on phenomena about condensation on cool surfaces due to having seen many alternative conceptions in students' minds (see e.g. Osborne & Cosgrove 1983;Bar & Travis 1991;Chang 1999;Gopal et al, 2004;Paik et al, 2004). These studies show that students have several alternative conceptions and difficulties about this topic despite science teachers' extensive efforts in teaching.…”

Araştırmaya dayalı öğretimin öğrencilerin hal değişimini öğrenmelerine etkisi

“…Bu çalışmalar, öğrencilerin hal değişiminde maddenin tanecikli yapısı (Boz, 2006;Johnson, 1998), yoğuşma (Coştu, Ayas ve Niaz, 2012), buharlaşma (Prain, Tytler ve Peterson, 2009;Tytler, Prain ve Peterson, 2007), buharlaşma ve yoğuşma (Gopal, Kleinsmidt, Case ve Musonge, 2004;Hokayem ve Schwarz 2012;Kirbulut ve Beeth, 2013;Tytler, 2000;Wang ve Tseng, 2016), buharlaşma, yoğuşma ve kaynama (Chang, 1999;Varelas, Pappas ve Rife, 2006) …”