Peer Instruction for Quantum Mechanics

该奖项支持开发，评估和传播量子力学中的“同伴教学”资源材料，从初级现代物理到初级-高级课程，为未来的科学家和工程师准备高科技工作场所的需求，其对量子现象的依赖越来越大。资源材料包括用于形成性评估的“概念测试”、用于终结性评估的标准化评估工具和用于即时教学（JITT）的材料，包括现代物理和量子力学课程的“反应性作业”问题。将继续利用学生在学习量子力学中的误解和困难的发现来开发基于研究的材料。 该项目这一阶段的主要目标是对其他学院和大学的材料进行严格评估。目前正在进行对照研究，对采用同伴教学法和未采用这种教学法的现代物理学和量子力学类似课程进行比较。 这些研究将扩展到其他学院和大学。将继续为评估目的开发和完善涉及多项选择问题的标准化评估工具。 将继续通过专业会议上的讲习班、期刊上的出版物、个人和专业协会网站以及在各大学和学院的学术讨论会和研讨会上的介绍，传播所编写的同侪指导材料。作为本项目一部分编制的资源材料将在项目期结束时出版，作为适合教员的参考书。

This award supports the development, assessment, and dissemination of resource material for "Peer Instruction" in quantum mechanics, from sophomore-level modern physics to the junior-senior level courses, to prepare future scientists and engineers for the demands of a high-tech workplace with its growing dependence on quantum phenomena. The resource material includes the "ConcepTests" for formative assessment, standardized assessment tools for summative assessment and the material for Just-In-Time Teaching (JITT) including "Reactive Homework" problems for modern physics and quantum mechanics courses. The research-based material will continue to be developed using findings of student misconceptions and difficulties in learning quantum mechanics. A major goal of this phase of the project will be a rigorous assessment of the material at other colleges and Universities. Control studies comparing similar courses in Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics in which Peer Instruction was employed with those for which this pedagogical method was not employed are ongoing. Such studies will be extended to other colleges and universities. Standardized assessment tools involving multiple-choice questions will continue to be developed and refined for assessment purposes. Peer Instruction material developed will continue to be disseminated through workshops at professional meetings, publications in journals, personal and professional society websites, and presentations at colloquia and seminars at various universities and colleges. The resource material developed as part of this project will be published as a reference book suitable for instructors towards the end of the project period.