Surveying Instructors' Attitudes and Approaches to Teaching Quantum Mechanics
arXiv:1603.06025 · doi:10.1063/1.3515227
Abstract
Understanding instructor attitudes and approaches to teaching quantum mechanics can be helpful in developing research-based learning tools. Here we discuss the findings from a survey in which 13 instructors reflected on issues related to quantum mechanics teaching. Topics included opinions about the goals of a quantum mechanics course, general challenges in teaching the subject, student preparation for the course, comparison between their own learning of quantum mechanics vs. how they teach it and the extent to which contemporary topics are incorporated into the syllabus.
4 pages, Keywords: Physics Education Research, Teaching, Learning, Pedagogy, Instructor attitudes and approaches, student difficulties, quantum mechanics, quantum physics
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