WHAT STUDENTS’ UNDERSTAND FROM ENTROPY?: A REVIEW OF SELECTED LITERATURE

This study is intended to review some of the selected researches carried out on students' understandings of entropy. The review puts together the important findings of the researches, summarises the misunderstanings identified together with the possible sources of these misunderstandings and new approaches in defining entropy. Therefore, this study would be beneficial for the researchers and lecturers in science and chemistry education area.