Development and Assessment of Quantum Mechanics Tutorials for Advanced Undergraduate Courses

为了使未来的科学家和工程师更好地为高科技工作场所的需求做好准备，将开展高级本科量子力学课程指导教程的开发和评估。尽管现代物理学水平的教程已经开发出来并被证明是有效的，但目前还没有类似的工具可用于高级本科量子力学课程。这些教程将积极地吸引学生学习量子物理。他们将试图弥合量子力学的抽象定量形式主义与解释和预测新现象所必需的定性理解之间的差距。基于对物理教育的研究，他们的发展将受到对认知问题的认真关注的指导。辅导课将作为讲课和标准家庭作业的补充。一些教程将包括设计和改编基于计算机的可视化工具，以帮助学生建立关于量子过程的物理直觉。为了促进这些教程的广泛使用，有关该项目的信息将通过在美国物理教师协会会议上的演讲、物理系的专门讲习班和研讨会来传播。在几个机构对这些模块进行了全面评估和改进之后，最终目标是将这些教程作为一本量子力学练习册出版。

To better prepare future scientists and engineers for the demands of a high-tech workplace, development and assessment of guided tutorials for advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics courses will be undertaken. Although tutorials at the level of modern physics have been developed and have proved effective, there are presently no similar tools available for advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics courses. The tutorials will actively engage students in the learning of quantum physics. They will attempt to bridge the gap between the abstract quantitative formalism of quantum mechanics and the qualitative understanding necessary to explain and predict new phenomena. Based upon research in physics education, their development will be guided by a careful attention to cognitive issues. The tutorials will supplement lectures and standard homework assignments. Some tutorials will include design and adaptation of computer-based visualization tools to help students build physical intuition about quantum processes. In order to promote widespread use of these tutorials, information about the project will be disseminated through presentations at the American Association of Physics Teachers meetings, dedicated workshops and seminars in physics departments. After the modules have been thoroughly evaluated at several institutions and refined, the ultimate goal is to publish the tutorials as a quantum mechanics workbook.