Focused Collection in Investigating and Improving Quantum Education through Research
Focused Collection in Investigating and Improving Quantum Education through Research
A tutorial with inquiry-based learning sequences supports students to develop a functional understanding of quantum computing.
High school students attitudes towards quantum information science and technology show improvement after an outreach program.
A simulation-homework activity helps students distinguish between quantum mechanical and instrumental uncertainty by modifying the quantum state, improving the experimental setup, and collecting more data.
Proficiency of high school students in interpreting, producing, and manipulating Dirac notation in quantum physics.
Think-aloud lab sessions highlight the use of quantum optics experiments to help students reason through particle-wave duality and distinguish between classical and quantum behavior.
A questionnaire on quantum measurement shows that teaching quantum mechanics with certain two-state approaches helps students learn quantum concepts.
This paper explores the use of analogical reasoning to develop student understanding of eigentheory concepts across contexts using examples from class observations.
This study of student sense-making and reasoning in degenerate perturbation theory finds key challenges like self-monitoring and coordinating physics and math principles.
Students who have more trust in science and public authorities are less likely to endorse pseudoscientific beliefs related to quantum mechanics.
This paper reports on successes and remaining challenges with teaching a reduced Dirac notation to secondary students.
This synthesis article reviews 50 studies that demonstrate effective teaching activities for quantum mechanics.
Many students in upper-level undergraduate and graduate quantum mechanics courses have difficulty translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wavefunctions in the position or momentum representation and vice versa.
In introductory quantum mechanics courses, peer discussions can support students to develop a functional understanding of physics by cultivating reasoning skills and practicing the interpretation of physical formalism
A professional learning model shows promise in strengthening teachers’ self-confidence in pedagogical content knowledge of quantum ideas so they may facilitate student engagement in quantum information science
This article reviews the landscape of quantum mechanics education in US research-intensive institutions.
Development and testing of a multiple-choice question sequence designed to enhance students’ understanding of quantum measurements for quantum systems in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space.
Students in a spins-first quantum mechanics course are more comfortable with Dirac notation than with wave function notation.
The design of a teaching module for secondary school students that emphasizes the cultural scope of the Second Quantum Revolution.
Spins-first upper-division quantum mechanics courses result in students interpreting Dirac bras and kets as vectors and quantum states more than wave functions-first courses do
After prolonged exposure to classical physics, secondary students often develop rigid, realist framings that are difficult to abandon when attempting to learn quantum physics.
The development and assessment of an interactive learning tutorial to enhance students’ understanding of concepts related to many particle wavefunctions for a system of two or three bosons and fermions.
It is possible to develop an instrument to measuring expert decision-making in graduate quantum mechanics, which will be valuable for assessing and improving graduate instruction.
Upper-level physics courses focused on the quantum industry need to provide students with an introduction to the industry rather than assuming that they have gathered this information elsewhere.
Analysis of 167 modern physics course syllabi reveal three topics consistently taught (quantum, atomic physics, and relativity) across courses with substantial variability beyond these topics.
Students in a Quantum Mechanics course demonstrated a variety of metarepresentational competences in change of basis problem interviews.
