Jacobs, T. J., & Caton, J. A. (2014, June), An Inventory to Assess Students’ Knowledge of Second Law Concepts  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20065

\bibitem{asee_peer_20065}
  Jacobs, T. J., \& Caton, J. A. (2014, June), \emph{An Inventory to Assess Students’ Knowledge of Second Law Concepts}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--20065

Timothy J. Jacobs and Jerald A. Caton.  "An Inventory to Assess Students’ Knowledge of Second Law Concepts".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/20065 Internet.  14 Mar, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_20065}
  Timothy J. Jacobs and Jerald A. Caton.
  "An Inventory to Assess Students’ Knowledge of Second Law Concepts".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/20065 Internet.  14 Mar, 2025

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AB  - Paper Title: An Inventory to Assess Students’ Knowledge of Second Law ConceptsJournal / Conference: ASEE 2014 ConferenceAuthors: T. Jacobs, J. Caton (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas)Objective of Effort / Study: Design a concept inventory that assesses students’ knowledge andconceptualization of second law concepts.Objectives of Paper:1) Highlight the need to design a second law concept inventory2) Describe the process of developing the concept inventory (deciding what the importantconcepts to capture are).3) Provide the concept inventory4) Assess the effectiveness of the concept inventoryProposed Abstract:Concept inventories are tools to help instructors and students assess student knowledge andretention of important concepts for various courses. In thermodynamics, several conceptinventories exist that center on energy, heat transfer, and temperature principles; the authorswere not able to find a concept inventory centered solely on second law concepts. A second lawconcept inventory is important since the interaction of entropy and energy is an important skillset for students to have when pursuing design and development of advanced energy conversiontechnology. The objective of this paper is to describe the development of a second law conceptinventory and assess the effectiveness of the concept inventory in terms of its robustness andclarity. The paper describes the development of the concept inventory, discusses modificationsthat were made based on initial assessments and feedback from students, and provides basic dataon the clarity and effectiveness of the concept inventory.Proposed Outline:I.      AbstractII.     Introduction        a. Motivation        b. Background        c. Objective(s)III.    Need for a second law conceptIV.     Process of choosing concepts to be includedV.      Description of concept inventoryVI.     Assessment of concept inventory effectivenessVII.    ConclusionsVIII.   Acknowledgements (NSF, Advisory Panel, others)
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