Can the Study of Thermochemistry Facilitate Students’ Differentiation between Heat Energy and Temperature?

The objectives of this study are: (a) Evaluate science major freshman students’ ability to differentiate between heat energy and temperature, after having studied the topic of thermochemistry; (b) ascertain the degree to which students resist change from the caloric to the kinetic-molecular theory; (c) study the ability to differentiate between heat energy and temperature and its relationship to solving a problem of thermochemistry. Science...