Bitzenbauer P (2021)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Online publication
Publication year: 2021
Article Number: 020103
Journal Issue: 17
URI: https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020103
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020103
Open Access Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020103
We conducted a quasiexperimental study in order to investigate the effect of a teaching concept on quantum physics based on coincidence and correlation experiments with heralded photons on preuniversity students’ conceptions of quantum physics (experimental group, N=150). We compare the results with the traditional curriculum’s effect (control group, N=130) at German secondary schools using a questionnaire to assess students’ conceptions of quantum physics adapted from the literature. The results show that students introduced to quantum physics using the quantum optics concept acquire conceptions of quantum physics that are significantly less influenced by classical mechanistic and deterministic conceptions than those of the control group. In more detail, correlation and principal component analysis results indicate that the conceptions acquired by experimental group students are more consistent than those of the control group students.
APA:
Bitzenbauer, P. (2021). Effect of an introductory quantum physics course using experiments with heralded photons on preuniversity students’ conceptions about quantum physics. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020103
MLA:
Bitzenbauer, Philipp. "Effect of an introductory quantum physics course using experiments with heralded photons on preuniversity students’ conceptions about quantum physics." Physical Review Physics Education Research 17 (2021).
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