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Investigating Students' Understanding of Entanglement
written by Benjamin M. Zwickl and Hope J. Hersom
Entanglement is at the heart of emerging technologies such as quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum networking. These technologies are developed by interdisciplinary teams of engineers, physicists, software developers, and other scientists. As a result, quantum concepts, such as entanglement, are essential to introduce to a wide range of disciplines. In response, many universities have implemented quantum information science and engineering (QISE) courses for undergraduate students. These QISE courses present quantum concepts to students from diverse disciplines at an introductory level, whereas previously, they were reserved for advanced physics courses. We interviewed students who had recently completed an introductory QISE course to investigate their conceptual and mathematical understanding of entanglement. We found that entanglement was most strongly associated with the idea of correlation between measurements, while only some students productively used the mathematical criterion of whether or not a quantum state was factorable.
Physics Education Research Conference 2024
Part of the PER Conference series
Boston, MA: July 10-11, 2024
Pages 467-472
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Education - Basic Research
- Alternative Conceptions
- Assessment
= Conceptual Assessment
Quantum Physics
- Entanglement and Quantum Information
- Lower Undergraduate
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Metadata instance created September 6, 2024 by Lyle Barbato
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B. Zwickl and H. Hersom, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA, 2024, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16893&DocID=5960).
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B. Zwickl and H. Hersom, Investigating Students' Understanding of Entanglement, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA, 2024, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16893&DocID=5960>.
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Zwickl, B., & Hersom, H. (2024, July 10-11). Investigating Students' Understanding of Entanglement. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA. Retrieved October 12, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16893&DocID=5960
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Zwickl, Benjamin, and Hope J. Hersom. "Investigating Students' Understanding of Entanglement." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA, July 10-11, 2024. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16893&DocID=5960 (accessed 12 October 2024).
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Zwickl, Benjamin, and Hope J. Hersom. "Investigating Students' Understanding of Entanglement." Physics Education Research Conference 2024. Boston, MA: 2024. 467-472 of PER Conference. 12 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16893&DocID=5960>.
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