Lab-Tutorials for teaching quantum physics (Lab-Tutorials fuer den Quantenphysik Unterricht)

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Accepted for publication in Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Physik. To be published June 2006. Paper in German, instructional

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English abstract: In the "Intuitive Quantum Physics" course, we use graphical interpretations of mathematical equations and qualitative reasoning to develop and teach a simplified model of quantum physics. Our course contains three units: Wave physics, Development of a conceptual toolbox, and quantum physics. It also contains three key themes: wave-particle duality, the Schroedinger equation, and tunneling of quantum particles. Students learn most new material in lab-tutorials in which students work in small groups (3 to 3 people) on specially designed worksheets. Lecture reinforces the lab-tutorial content and focuses more on issues about the nature of science. Data show that students are able to learn some of the most difficult concepts in the course, and also that students learn to believe that there is a conceptually accessible structure to the physics in the course. German abstract: Im Kurs "Intuitive Quantum Physics" werden graphische Interpretationen mathematischer Gleichungen und qualitatives Denken durch ein vereinfachtes Modell der Quantenphysik gelehrt. Unser Kurs besteht aus drei wichtigen Abschnitten: Wellenphysik, Aufbau eines Werkzeugkastens ("Toolbox") und Quantenphysik, sowie drei Schluesselthemen: Welle-Teilchen-Dualitaet, die Schroedinger-Gleichung und Tunneln von Quantenteilchen. Wir unterrichten vorwiegend mit Lab-Tutorials, in denen StudentInnen in kleinen Gruppen (3 bis 4 Personen) anwendungsspezifische Arbeitsblaetter durcharbeiten. In den Diskussionen werden auch Auseinandersetzungen ueber das "Bild der Physik", bei uns "Nature of Science" genannt, gefuehrt. Ueberpruefungen haben ergeben, dass StudentInnen nicht nur die schwierigsten Konzepte des Kurses lernen koennen sondern auch lernen, dass die Quantenphysik begrifflich verstaendlich ist.

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