Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Johnston, I.D
• Crawford, K
• Fletcher, P.R

Titel

Student difficulties in learning quantum mechanics

Ist Teil von

• International journal of science education, 1998-04, Vol.20 (4), p.427-446

Ort / Verlag

London: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• For universitity students studying physics, quantum mechanics is considered an extremely difficult subject, but one which must be taught increasingly early in their careers. We report a preliminary project which used a phenomenographic approach to explore the ways in which a small number of fundamental ideas are conceptualized by students who have been judged to have successfully mastered the material. The results suggested that the mental models used by these students are technically advanced but structurally unsophisticated. Whether a change in current teaching practices might lead to better conceptualization is a question that needs further exploration. (Autorenreferat).