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Abstract Title: | Categorization of Quantum Mechanics Problems by Professors and Students |
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Abstract: | We discuss the categorization of 20 quantum mechanics problems by physics professors and students in honors-level quantum mechanics course. Professors and students were asked to categorize the problems based upon similarity of solution. We find that while faculty members' categorization was overall better than students' categorization, the categories created by faculty members were more diverse compared to the uniformity of the categories they create when asked to categorize introductory mechanics problems. We will discuss the findings. This work is supported by National Science Foundation. |
Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster |
Author/Organizer Information | |
Primary Contact: |
Shih-Yin Lin University of Pittsburgh 3941 O'hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 |
Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Chandralekha Singh |