@inproceedings{4b1b39b8d3cb441aacf4212a86df5f2b,
title = "Addressing student difficulties with concepts related to entropy, heat engines and the Carnot cycle",
abstract = "We report the rationale behind and preliminary results from a guided-inquiry conceptual worksheet (a.k.a. tutorial) dealing with Carnot's efficiency and the Carnot cycle. The tutorial was administered in an upper-level thermodynamics course at the University of Maine. The tutorial was implemented as the third in a three-tutorial sequence designed to improve students' understanding of entropy and its applications. Initial pre- and post-tutorial assessment data suggest that student understanding of heat engines and the Carnot cycle improved as a result of tutorial instruction.",
author = "Smith, {Trevor I.} and Christensen, {Warren M.} and Thompson, {John R.}",
note = "Copyright: Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 2009 Physics Education Research Conference, PER: Physics Education Research across Paradigms ; Conference date: 29-07-2009 Through 30-07-2009",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1063/1.3266735",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780735407206",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "277--280",
booktitle = "2009 Physics Education Research Conference, PER",
}