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Developing and Researching PhET simulations for Teaching Quantum Mechanics
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, M. Dubson +4
Quantum mechanics is difficult to learn because it is counterintuitive, hard to visualize, mathematically challenging, and abstract. The Physics Education Technology (PhET) Project…
physics.ed-ph2007★ 79 cited
Why we should teach the Bohr model and how to teach it effectively
S. B. McKagan, K. K. Perkins, C. E. Wieman
Some education researchers have claimed that we should not teach the Bohr model of the atom because it inhibits students' ability to learn the true quantum nature of electrons in a…