Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND TEACHING, cilt.7, sa.4, ss.1913-1932, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
Abstract
Entropy is a concept with an extreme controversy which many scientists have been trying
to explain. Some of the approaches employed in its definition contradict each other, which
made it extremely difficult for high school and college students to understand. Boltzmann was
the first person who brought a statistical explanation to entropy and linking it with the disorder
concept (S = klnw). The point which received the highest amount of criticism is the similarity
between the visual regulation in everyday life and regulation of particles, which is the metaphor
that causes the highest number of misconceptions. The primary goal of this study is to go down
the roots of the controversy surrounding the entropy concept and propose solutions. In the
framework of all these difficulties, the concept was investigated with an integrated and simple
approach. In this pretext, the macroscopic and microscopic features of entropy, the difficulties
and misconceptions encountered, and the methods used in its education have been thoroughly
examined. The final step was developing a "Tripod Approach" to facilitate the explanation of
this complicated concept and fill the gaps in this area. In addition to it, alternative energy and
probability-based and integrated entropy description, which reflects the essence of both
macroscopic and microscopic approaches, was presented, and this description is expected to
be a solution for the controversy resulting from the disorder concept