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Session:
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Upper Division/Graduate Courses
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Paper Type:
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Contributed
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Title:
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Bridging the Discrete to the Continuum Gap in Quantum Mechanics*
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Meeting:
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2017 Summer Meeting: Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Location:
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Date:
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Time:
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8:40AM
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Author:
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Charles Joseph DeLeone,
California State University, San Marcos
760-750-8074, cdeleone@csusm.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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Upper-division physics students often struggle with quantum concepts during their first exposure to full-blown quantum mechanics. Research into student learning suggests that one area of difficulty is the transition from discrete states to the continuum such as is experienced in a “Spins First” curriculum. This talk will focus on various approaches available to instructors to bridge this gap. This includes a discussion of how vector based computational tools such as Matlab can be used a means of smoothing this transition, along with results from a pilot project involving the use of such tools.
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Footnotes:
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*Partially supported by NSF DUE #1068477
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