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Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics
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Giaco Corsiglia, Tyler Garcia, Benjamin P. Schermerhorn, Gina Passante, Homeyra R. Sadaghiani, and Steven J. Pollock
We investigate student comfort with the material in an upper-division spins-first quantum mechanics course. Prelecture surveys probing students' comfort were administered weekly, in which students assigned themselves a "discomfort level" on a scale of 0–10 and provided a written explanation for their choice. The weekly classwide average discomfort level was effectively constant over the semester, suggesting that the class found no single unit especially jarring nor especially easy. Student written responses were coded according to their reported source of discomfort--math, math-physics connection, physics, and notation. The relative prevalence of these categories varied significantly over the semester, indicating that students find that different units present different challenges, and also that some of these challenges fade in importance as the semester progresses. Semi-structured interviews with students in a similar quantum mechanics course at a different institution provided additional context and insight into these results.
Physics Education Research Conference 2020
Part of the PER Conference series Virtual Conference: July 22-23, 2020 Pages 92-97
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=15465">Corsiglia, G, T. Garcia, B. Schermerhorn, G. Passante, H. Sadaghiani, and S. Pollock. "Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020.</a>
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G. Corsiglia, T. Garcia, B. Schermerhorn, G. Passante, H. Sadaghiani, and S. Pollock, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15465&DocID=5313).
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G. Corsiglia, T. Garcia, B. Schermerhorn, G. Passante, H. Sadaghiani, and S. Pollock, Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15465&DocID=5313>.
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Corsiglia, G., Garcia, T., Schermerhorn, B., Passante, G., Sadaghiani, H., & Pollock, S. (2020, July 22-23). Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15465&DocID=5313
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Corsiglia, G, T. Garcia, B. Schermerhorn, G. Passante, H. Sadaghiani, and S. Pollock. "Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15465&DocID=5313 (accessed 1 May 2025).
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Corsiglia, Giaco, Tyler Garcia, Benjamin P. Schermerhorn, Gina Passante, Homeyra Sadaghiani, and Steven Pollock. "Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics." Physics Education Research Conference 2020. Virtual Conference: 2020. 92-97 of PER Conference. 1 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15465&DocID=5313>.
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Author = "Giaco Corsiglia and Tyler Garcia and Benjamin P. Schermerhorn and Gina Passante and Homeyra Sadaghiani and Steven Pollock",
Title = {Characterizing and monitoring student discomfort in upper-division quantum mechanics},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2020},
Pages = {92-97},
Address = {Virtual Conference},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 22-23},
Year = {2020}
}
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