Introducing the idea of entropy to the ontological category shift theory for conceptual change: The case of heat and sound

In the present theoretical study, we introduce the entropy concept into Chi’s ontological shift theory. Chi distinguishes between two categories of process phenomena, direct and emergent, and claims that incorrectly considering emergent processes as direct ones is one of the sources of students’ rob...

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Main Authors: Alexander Volfson, Haim Eshach, Yuval Ben-Abu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-06-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010143