Students' Difficulties with Quantum Measurement

Zhu, Guangtian; Singh, Chandralekha

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Students' Difficulties with Quantum Measurement

written by Guangtian Zhu and Chandralekha Singh

We describe some common difficulties advanced undergraduate and graduate students have with concepts related to quantum measurement. We administered written tests to students enrolled in quantum mechanics courses and interviewed a subset of them to probe the difficulties in-depth and analyze their possible origins. Results from this research can be applied to develop learning tools to improve students' understanding of quantum measurement.

Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference series
Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011
Volume 1413, Pages 387-390

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Published: February 6, 2012

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Foundations - Alternative Conceptions Quantum Physics - Foundations and Measurements	- Upper Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional - Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3680076
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Restriction:: © 2011 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3680076
PACSs:: 01.40Fk; 01.40.gb; 01.40.G-
Keywords:: Interviews, PERC 2011, Quantum Measurement
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 26, 2012 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: May 15, 2012 by Vince Kuo
Last Update when Cataloged:: February 6, 2012
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Zhu, Guangtian, and Chandralekha Singh. "Students' Difficulties with Quantum Measurement." Physics Education Research Conference 2011. Omaha, Nebraska: 2011. 387-390 Vol. 1413 of PER Conference. 1 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11892&DocID=2739>.

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