Development of Research-Based Tools for Teaching Quantum Mechanics

该奖项支持量子互动学习教程（QuILT）的持续开发、评估和传播，以及高级本科课程的同行指导工具。棉被和同伴指导工具基于经过实地测试的认知学徒学习模型，并强调建模、指导和脚手架。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)许多工具可以在课堂上作为讲师讲课的补充，也可以在课外作为学生的作业或自学工具使用。(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，以概念为基础和以问题为基础的QuILTs和同伴指导工具将与大多数常见教科书相匹配。

This award supports the continued development, assessment, and dissemination of Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorials (QuILT) and peer-instruction tools for advanced undergraduate courses. QuILTs and peer instruction tools are based upon a field-tested cognitive-apprenticeship model of learning and emphasize modeling, coaching, and scaffolding. The following features 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) Many of the tools can be used in class by the instructors 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 concept-based and problem-based QuILTs and peer-instruction tools will be keyed with most of the common textbooks.