Developing and evaluating animations for teaching quantum mechanics concepts

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1441-1455

  Kohnle, Antje ^a   Douglass, Margaret ^a   Edwards, Tom J ^a   Gillies, Alastair D ^a   Hooley, Christopher A ^a   Sinclair, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURVEYS;

EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; KEYPOINTS; LEVEL 2; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS; STUDENT ATTITUDES; STUDENT PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 78649349063     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/31/6/010     Document Type: Article

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