Title: |
Tutorials for Introductory
Quantum Mechanics* |
Meeting: |
119th AAPT National Meeting:
San Antonio, TX |
Location: |
N/A |
Date: |
Thursday, August 5 |
Time: |
9:45 a.m. |
Author: |
Michael Thoresen, Kansas
State Univ.
785-532-1605,
thoresen@phys.ksu.edu |
Co-Author(s): |
Dean A. Zollman, ,
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Abstract:
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We are developing tutorials
for use in introductory college level courses in quantum mechanics and
modern physics. These tutorials utilize hands-on activities and
interactive computer programs to actively engage students in learning.
Conceptual understanding is emphasized and used to develop mathematical
understanding and problem solving skills. These tutorials can easily be
coordinated with many of the modern Physics and quantum mechanics texts
in use today. Tutorials that have been developed so far include
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, Wave Packets, and the deBroglie
wavelength of particles. |
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