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Engineering Design Course, Introduction to Materials Science
Submitted on 21-AUG-08
Contributed by Su Swarat, Eun Jung Park, Denise Drane, Tom Mason

"Size and scale" is one of the key concepts in nanoscience. This paper presents the findings of a small-scale qualitative study with students studying nanoscale science aimed at exploring the ways they understand the idea of "size and scale". Results suggest wide variation in the way students understand this concept. A preliminary typology of student conceptions of "size and scale" as it relates to macro and sub-macro phenomena was identified....