Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorials for Advanced Undergraduate Courses

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该奖项支持量子交互学习教程（Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorials，简称QuILT）在高级本科课程中的持续发展、评估和传播。QuILTs基于实地测试的认知学徒学习模型，强调建模，指导和脚手架。这些QuILTs的以下特点使它们特别适合于具有挑战性的量子物理教学任务：(1)它们基于物理教育的研究，特别关注认知问题。(2)他们要求学生预测在特定情况下会发生什么，然后提供适当的反馈，从而始终保持学生积极参与学习过程。(3)他们利用可视化工具帮助学生建立关于量子过程的物理直觉。(4)他们试图弥合量子力学抽象的定量形式主义与解释和预测各种物理现象所必需的定性理解之间的差距。(5)它们是基于对学生在学习量子物理中各种概念时所遇到的困难的系统调查。(6)教师可以在课堂上每周使用一到两次，作为课堂的补充，也可以在课外作为学生的家庭作业或自学工具。(7)它们由自给自足的模块化单元组成，可以按任何方便的顺序使用。为了帮助教师，各种基于概念和基于问题的QuILT模块将与大多数常用教科书相匹配。然而，我们将尽一切努力确保不同的模块作为一个连贯的整体组合在一起，并帮助学生以分层的方式组织他们的知识。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award supports the continued development, assessment, and dissemination of Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorials (QuILT) for advanced undergraduate courses. QuILTs are based upon a field-tested cognitive apprenticeship model of learning and emphasize modeling, coaching, and scaffolding. The following features of the QuILTs make them particularly suited for the challenging task of teaching quantum physics: (1) They are based upon research in physics education and pay particular attention to cognitive issues. (2) They consistently keep students actively engaged in the learning process by asking them to predict what should happen in a particular situation and then providing appropriate feedback. (3) They employ visualization tools to help students build physical intuition about quantum processes. (4) They attempt to bridge the gap between the abstract quantitative formalism of quantum mechanics and the qualitative understanding necessary to explain and predict diverse physical phenomena. (5) They are based on systematic investigations of difficulties students have in learning various concepts in quantum physics. (6) They can be used in class by the instructors once or twice a week as supplements to lectures or outside of the class as homework or as self-study tool by students. (7) They consist of self-sufficient modular units that can be used in any order that is convenient. To aid instructors, the various concept-based and problem-based QuILT modules will be keyed with most of the common textbooks. However, every effort will be made to ensure that the different modules fit together as a coherent whole and help students organize their knowledge in a hierarchical fashion.