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Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?
Significant attention in the PER community has been paid to student cognition and reasoning processes in undergraduate quantum mechanics. Until recently, however, these same topics have remained largely unexplored in the context of emerging interdisciplinary quantum information science (QIS) courses. We conducted exploratory interviews with 22 students in an upper-division quantum computing course at a large R1 university crosslisted in physics and computer science, as well as 6 graduate students in a similar graduate-level QIS course offered in physics. We classify and analyze students' responses to a pair of questions regarding the fundamental differences between classical and quantum computers. We specifically note two key themes of importance to educators: (1) when reasoning about computational power, students often struggled to distinguish between the relative effects of exponential and linear scaling, resulting in students frequently focusing on distinctions that are arguably better understood as analog-digital than classical-quantum, and (2) introducing the thought experiment of analog classical computers was a powerful tool for helping students develop a more expertlike perspective on the differences between classical and quantum computers.
Physics Education Research Conference 2022
Part of the PER Conference series Grand Rapids, MI: July 13-14, 2022 Pages 317-322
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=16253">Meyer, J, G. Passante, S. Pollock, and B. Wilcox. "Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2022, Grand Rapids, MI, July 13-14, 2022.</a>
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J. Meyer, G. Passante, S. Pollock, and B. Wilcox, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2022, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16253&DocID=5622).
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J. Meyer, G. Passante, S. Pollock, and B. Wilcox, Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2022, Grand Rapids, MI, 2022, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16253&DocID=5622>.
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Meyer, J., Passante, G., Pollock, S., & Wilcox, B. (2022, July 13-14). Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2022, Grand Rapids, MI. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16253&DocID=5622
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Meyer, J, G. Passante, S. Pollock, and B. Wilcox. "Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2022, Grand Rapids, MI, July 13-14, 2022. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16253&DocID=5622 (accessed 11 October 2024).
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Meyer, Josephine, Gina Passante, Steven Pollock, and Bethany Wilcox. "Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?." Physics Education Research Conference 2022. Grand Rapids, MI: 2022. 317-322 of PER Conference. 11 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16253&DocID=5622>.
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Author = "Josephine Meyer and Gina Passante and Steven Pollock and Bethany Wilcox",
Title = {Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?},
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Pages = {317-322},
Address = {Grand Rapids, MI},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 13-14},
Year = {2022}
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