Towards improving physics education: examples of student mathematical and conceptual difficulties in quantum mechanics
Type:
Colloquium
Date/Time:
2007-02-26 16:00
Location:
Weniger 153
Event speaker:
Dr. Homeyra Sadaghiani, Department of Physics, University of Washington
Title:
Towards improving physics education: examples of student mathematical and conceptual difficulties in quantum mechanics
Contact:
Abstract
Physics Colloquium Monday 26 February 2007 4:00 pm Weniger 153 Refreshments 3:30 Weniger 305 Towards improving physics education: examples of student mathematical and conceptual difficulties in quantum mechanics Dr. Homeyra Sadaghiani Department of Physics University of Washington Over the past twenty-five years, Physics Education Research (PER) has changed our view of student learning in the traditional introductory courses. Although most PER research has focused on student difficulties in understanding introductory physics, research shows similar difficulties exist in more advanced physics topics. In this talk, I will discuss examples of student common difficulties in understanding quantum mechanics with a focus on quantum wavefunctions and probability.
Refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the colloquium in Weniger 305.