Faculty disagreement about the teaching of quantum mechanics

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1179, Issue , 2009, Pages 137-140

  Dubson, Michael ^a   Goldhaber, Steve ^a   Pollock, Steven ^a   Perkins, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum reform; Faculty survey; Quantum mechanics textbooks; Upper division quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749083791     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3266697     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. S. Goldhaber, S. Pollock, M. Dubson, P. Beale, and K. Perkins, "Transforming Upper-Division Quantum Mechanics: Learning Goals and Assessment", in 2009 PERC Proc, AIP, 2009.
2. S.V. Chasteen, K. K. Perkins, P. D. Beale, S. J. Pollock, and C. E. Wieman "A Thoughtful Approach to Instruction: Course transformation for the rest of us", paper submitted to Journal of College Science Teaching, 2009 (in review)
3. S. Chasteen and S. Pollock, "Transforming Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism", in 2008 PERC Proc., AIP, 2008.
4. C. Baily and N. Finkelstein, Phys. Rev. STPER, 5 (1), 010106 (2009);
5. Baily and N. Finkelstein "Quantum Interpretations in Modern Physics Instruction", PERC Proc. AIP, 2009.
6. The 20 texts, listed by author's name, are: Anderson, E.; Bransden & Joachain; Cohen-Tannoudji, Diu & Laloe; Dicke & Wittke; Eisberg & Resnick; French & Taylor; Gasiorowicz, 2nd ed; Gasiorowicz, 3rd ed; Gottfried & Yan; Griffiths; Liboff; Merzbacher; Messiah; Morrison; Rae; Robinett; Sakurai; Saxon; Scherrer; Shankar; Townsend.
7. C. Singh, "Student understanding of quantum mechanics at the beginning of graduate instruction", Am. J. Phys., 76(3), 277-287, (2008).
8. rd ed. (2003), Wiley.
9. nd ed. (2004), Prentice-Hall.
10. Among textbook authors, there is no agreement on the number, the order, or the wording of the postulates.
11. Prof. Griffiths agreed to be revealed as an interviewee and the source of this quote.