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Using Structured Examples and Prompting Reflective Questions to Correct Misconceptions about Thermodynamic Concepts
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Olakanmi, E. O.; Doyoyo, M. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper explores the effectiveness of using "structured examples in concert with prompting reflective questions" to address misconceptions held by mechanical engineering students about thermodynamic principles by employing pre-test and post-test design, a structured questionnaire, lecture room observation, and participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Misconceptions
Omani Students' Views about Global Warming: Beliefs about Actions and Willingness to Act
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Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin; Taylor, Neil – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
A 44-item questionnaire was designed to determine students' views about how useful various "specific" actions might be in helping to reduce global warming, their willingness to undertake these various actions and the extent to which these two might be related. The instrument was administered to students in Grades 6 to 12 (N = 1532) from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards
School Policies and Practices that Improve Indoor Air Quality
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Jones, Sherry Everett; Smith, Alisa M.; Wheeler, Lani S.; McManus, Tim – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: To determine whether schools with a formal indoor air quality management program were more likely than schools without a formal program to have policies and practices that promote superior indoor air quality. Methods: This study analyzed school-level data from the 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study, a national study of…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Climate Control, Ventilation, School Health Services
Preservation Conditions, Practices, and Needs in the General Libraries. A Report by the Preservation Committee.
Texas Univ., Austin. General Libraries. – 1981
The survey documented in this report was conducted in 1981 to investigate the preservation conditions, practices, and needs of the units of the University of Texas at Austin General Libraries. The report is divided into six major portions. The first five sections report the responses to questionnaires on specific formats: books and serials;…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Climate Control, College Libraries, Humidity
A DIGEST OF CLIMATE CONTROLLED AND NON-CLIMATE CONTROLLED SCHOOLS--AN EVALUATIVE STUDY CONDUCTED IN PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA.
CURTIS, H.A.; STUART, FRED – 1964
A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF ONE CLIMATE CONTROLLED SCHOOL WITH ONE OR MORE NON-CLIMATE CONTROLLED SCHOOLS OF SIMILAR SIZE WITH RESPECT TO FACTORS OF COST AND OUTCOMES, IN THE PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. EACH OF THE FOUR SCHOOLS STUDIED HAD THE FOLLOWING SIMILARITIES--LOCATION, COST OF CONSTRUCTION, OCCUPANCY RATE, AND OPERATING…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Environment, Climate Control, Comparative Analysis
Preservation Building Survey Form for Freestanding Library Unit.
Huff, Susan M. – 1990
A modification of a University of Michigan form, this survey form is designed to obtain information on a freestanding library unit for preservation. The questionnaire covers the following areas: (1) library facility construction--e.g., primary building materials, characteristics of the foundation and roof, recent problems; (2) heating and cooling…
Descriptors: Climate Control, College Libraries, Crime Prevention, Electrical Systems