===== From Fear to Fun in Thermodynamics: ===== ==== Multiple Research Perspectives for Assessing Learning during a Curricular Sequence ==== //David Roundy, Tevian Dray, Mary Bridget Kustusch, Emily van Zee, and Corinne Manogue// * [[http://www.compadre.org/per/conferences/2013|Conference website]] * [[http://www.per-central.org/perc/2013/detail.cfm?ID=5169|Abstract]] * {{workshops:perc13:paper.pdf|Workshop Paper}} === Ice Lab === * Workshop Handout: * {{workshops:perc13:icelab.pdf|Ice Lab Handout}} * Activities: * [[courses:activities:eeact:eeice|Ice Calorimetry Lab]] === Rubber Band Lab === * Workshop Handout: * {{workshops:perc13:rubberband.pdf|Thermodynamics of a Rubber Band Handout}} * Activities: * [[courses:activities:eeact:eerubberband|Rubber Band Lab]] * Publication: * David Roundy, Michael Rogers, //Exploring the Thermodynamics of a Rubber Band//, American Journal of Physics, **81**, 20--23 (2013) ([[publications:copyright6|Copyright Notice]]) ({{publications:rubberband.pdf|pdf}}) ([[http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v81/i1/p20_s1|html]]) === Name the Experiment === * Workshop Handout: * {{workshops:perc13:nameexp.pdf|Name the Experiment Handout}} * Activities: * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment|Name the Experiment: Introduction]] * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment2|Name the Experiment: Changing Entropy]] * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment3|Name the Experiment: Maxwell Relations]] * [[courses:activities:eeact:eenametheexperiment4|Name the Experiment: More Maxwell Relations]] * Publication: * David Roundy, Mary Bridget Kustusch, Corinne A. Manogue, //{{workshops:perc13:nameexperimentsubmitted.pdf|Name the Experiment}}//, American Journal of Physics, (to be published). * Narratives: * [[whitepapers:narratives:intro|Name the Experiment: Introduction]] * [[whitepapers:narratives:entropy|Name the Experiment: Changing Entropy]] === Partial Derivative Machine === * Workshop Handout: * {{workshops:perc13:pdm.pdf|The Partial Derivative Machine Handout}} * [[whitepapers:pdm:start|Description of the Partial Derivative Machine]] * Activities: * [[courses:activities:inact:inquantchange|Quantifying Change]] * [[courses:activities:inact:inisowidth|Isowidth and Isoforce Stretchability]] * [[courses:activities:inact:ineasyhard|Easy and Hard Derivatives]] * [[courses:activities:inact:inpotentiallab|Potential Energy of an Elastic System]] * Publication: * Grant Sherer, Mary Bridget Kustusch, Corinne A. Manogue, and David Roundy, //{{publications:pdm.pdf|The Partial Derivative Machine}}//, 2013 Physics Education Research Conference, Portland, OR (submitted). === Fun with Partial Derivatives === * Workshop Handout: * {{workshops:perc13:chainrule.pdf|Fun with Partial Derivatives Handout}} * Publications: * [[bb>|The Bridge Book]] (our online textbook covering multivariable calculus)\\\\ See especially the following draft sections: * [[bb>book:math:chainapp|Applications of Chain Rule]] * [[bb>book:math:chaindiag|Chain Rule via Tree Diagrams]] * [[bb>book:math:rearrange|Rearranging Differentials]] * [[bb>book:math:thermo|Examples from Thermodynamics]] * [[bb>book:math:notdiff|Things not to do with Differentials]] * Mary Bridget Kustusch, David Roundy, Tevian Dray, and Corinne A. Manogue, //{{workshops:perc13:egames.pdf|Partial Derivative Games in Thermodynamics: A Cognitive Task Analysis}}// === Visitors to this Page === Locations of visitors to this page