Assisting Tibetan Students in Learning Quantum Mechanics via Mathematica
Physics Education
2024-12-03 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Undergraduate students of physics in Tibet have great difficulty learning quantum mechanics (QM). We attempt to use PER-based methods to help Tibetan students learn QM. In this preliminary study, we incorporate Mathematica in a QM course at Tibet University and record students' learning experiences. Tibetan students tend to have subjective feelings of learning Mathematica, whereas Han students (majority) are more focused on the operational techniques of Mathematica. The results also suggest that both Tibetan students and Han students show limited improvement in time-independent Schrodinger equations after learning QM with Mathematica. Further effort is needed to improve the academic literacy skills of physics students in Tibet.
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@article{arxiv.2406.18810,
title = {Assisting Tibetan Students in Learning Quantum Mechanics via Mathematica},
author = {Guangtian Zhu and Jing Hu and Chun Du},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.18810},
year = {2024}
}