University Students' Misconceptions about Energy Studied in High School Chemistry

Shuichi Takahara

The 106th CSJ Annual Meeting

日本化学会

東京

In university chemistry classes, I asked qualitative questions about energy-related topics learned in high school chemistry (energy of electron shell, ionization energy, electron affinity, bond energy, and energy changes associated with changes of state and chemical reactions). As a result, there were many questions for which the correct answer rate was low. From students' comments during class, it became clear that university students have various misconceptions about energy.