Developing and evaluating a tutorial on the double-slit experiment

Sayer, Ryan; Maries, Alexandru; Singh, Chandralekha

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Developing and evaluating a tutorial on the double-slit experiment

written by Ryan Sayer, Alexandru Maries, and Chandralekha Singh

Learning quantum mechanics is challenging, even for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Interactive tutorials which build on students' prior knowledge can be useful tools to enhance student learning. We have been investigating student difficulties with the quantum mechanics pertaining to the double-slit experiment in various situations. Here we discuss the development and evaluation of a Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorial (QuILT) which makes use of an interactive simulation to improve student understanding. We summarize common difficulties and discuss the extent to which the QuILT is effective in addressing them in two types of courses.

Physics Education Research Conference 2015
Part of the PER Conference series
College Park, MD: July 29-30, 2015
Pages 299-302

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Education - Applied Research - Instructional Material Design = Tutorial - Technology = Multimedia Education - Basic Research - Assessment = Conceptual Assessment Quantum Physics - Probability, Waves, and Interference - Quantum Experiments	- Upper Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2015.pr.070
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Sayer, R, A. Maries, and C. Singh. "Developing and evaluating a tutorial on the double-slit experiment." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13893&DocID=4311 (accessed 4 October 2024).

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