Peer Instruction for Quantum Mechanics

该奖项支持开发、评估和传播量子力学“同行教学”的资源材料，从大二水平的现代物理到初高中水平的课程，以帮助未来的科学家和工程师为日益依赖量子现象的高科技工作场所的需求做好准备。教材包括形成性评价的“概念测验”、终结性评价的标准化评价工具以及包括现代物理和量子力学课程的“反应性作业”问题的即时教学(JITT)材料。这种以研究为基础的材料将继续利用学生在学习量子力学方面的误解和困难的发现来开发。该项目这一阶段的一个主要目标是对其他学院和大学的材料进行严格的评估。比较现代物理和量子力学中使用同伴教学的类似课程和没有使用这种教学方法的课程的对照研究正在进行中。这样的研究将扩展到其他学院和大学。将继续开发和改进涉及多项选择题的标准化评估工具，用于评估目的。将继续通过在专业会议上举办讲习班、在期刊、个人和专业协会网站上发表文章以及在各大学和学院的座谈会和研讨会上发表演讲来传播编写的同伴教学材料。作为该项目的一部分编写的资源材料将在项目结束时作为一本适合教师的参考书出版。

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.