Peer Instruction for Quantum Mechanics

该奖项支持量子力学“同伴指导”资源材料的开发、评估和传播，从二年级的现代物理到三年级的高级课程，为未来的科学家和工程师做好准备，以满足日益依赖量子现象的高科技工作场所的需求。资源材料包括用于形成性评估的“概念测试”，用于总结性评估的标准化评估工具，以及用于即时教学（jit）的材料，包括用于现代物理和量子力学课程的“反应性作业”问题。基于研究的材料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。这个项目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。在现代物理和量子力学的类似课程中，采用同伴教学与不采用这种教学方法的课程进行对照研究。这些研究将扩展到其他学院和大学。将继续发展和完善涉及多项选择题的标准化评估工具，以供评估之用。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上的出版物以及在各大学和学院的座谈会和研讨会上的演讲来传播所编制的同侪指导材料。作为这个项目的一部分开发的资源材料将作为参考书出版，适合在项目结束时供教师使用。

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.