Thai and New Zealand Students' Concepts of the Definition of Energy and the Law of Energy Conservation

Authors

  • Chokchai Yuenyong Science Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
  • Sunan Sung-ong Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
  • Teerasak Veerapaspong Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Keywords:

definition of energy, the law of energy conservation, energy saving, Thai, New Zealand

Abstract

     This research explored the 42 Thai and 30 New Zealand students' ideas about energy. Students' ideas about concept of definition of energy and conservation of energy were explored using the Questionnaire for exploring student energy conception (QSEC) and informal interview. Students' concepts were categorized as the students' frameworks of describing energy conceptions and then compared between Thai and New Zealand students' frameworks. Findings revealed that Thai students generally used framework of energy saving and sources of energy to describe definition of energy; but New Zealand students used framework of depository of energy. Both Thai and New Zealand students perceived the Law of Energy Conservation as storing up and energy saving.

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Published

30-06-2005

How to Cite

Yuenyong, C., Sung-ong, S., & Veerapaspong, T. (2005). Thai and New Zealand Students’ Concepts of the Definition of Energy and the Law of Energy Conservation. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 26(1), 42–51. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/kjss/article/view/246241

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2005): January - June

Section

Thai articles

License

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/