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Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations
Dirac notation is often used in upper level quantum mechanics courses, but students struggle with this representation. To investigate the difficulties that advanced students (i.e., upper-level undergraduate and graduate students) have while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations, we administered free-response and multiple-choice questions and conducted individual interviews with students. We find that students display common difficulties with these topics.
Physics Education Research Conference 2015
Part of the PER Conference series College Park, MD: July 29-30, 2015 Pages 211-214
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=13873">Marshman, Emily, and Chandralekha Singh. "Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015.</a>
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E. Marshman and C. Singh, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, 2015, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13873&DocID=4291).
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E. Marshman and C. Singh, Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, 2015, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13873&DocID=4291>.
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Marshman, E., & Singh, C. (2015, July 29-30). Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD. Retrieved March 21, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13873&DocID=4291
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Marshman, Emily, and Chandralekha Singh. "Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13873&DocID=4291 (accessed 21 March 2025).
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Marshman, Emily, and Chandralekha Singh. "Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations." Physics Education Research Conference 2015. College Park, MD: 2015. 211-214 of PER Conference. 21 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13873&DocID=4291>.
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@inproceedings{
Author = "Emily Marshman and Chandralekha Singh",
Title = {Student difficulties with quantum states while translating state vectors in Dirac notation to wave functions in position and momentum representations},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2015},
Pages = {211-214},
Address = {College Park, MD},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 29-30},
Year = {2015}
}
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