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The rapid growth of quantum information science and technology (QIST) presents unique educational challenges as it brings together students and researchers from many disciplines. This work presents findings from in-depth interviews with…

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Quantum computing education requires students to move beyond classical programming intuitions related to state, determinism, and debugging, and to develop reasoning skills grounded in probability, measurement, and interference. This paper…

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Quantum information science is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that is attracting the attention of academics and industry experts alike. It requires talent from a wide variety of traditional fields, including physics, engineering,…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-03-05 Peter Hu , Yangqiuting Li , Roger S. K. Mong , Chandralekha Singh

It is shown that neither the wave picture nor the ordinary particle picture offers a satisfactory explanation of the double-slit experiment. The Physicists who have been successful in formulating theories in the Newtonian Paradigm with its…

General Physics · Physics 2010-06-25 Nalin de Silva

This tutorial intends to introduce readers with a background in AI to quantum machine learning (QML) -- a rapidly evolving field that seeks to leverage the power of quantum computers to reshape the landscape of machine learning. For…

Quantum computing is a technology that promises to offer significant advantages during the coming decades. Though the technology is still in a prototype stage, the last few years have seen many of these prototype devices become accessible…

Quantum Computing (QC) is often challenging for beginners due to its abstract concepts and mathematical foundations. This paper explores the use of gamification to support the learning of introductory QC concepts. To investigate this,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Bella Hill , Miguel Morales-Trujillo

Quantum computing introduces abstract concepts and non-intuitive behaviors that can be challenging for students to grasp through traditional lecture-based instruction alone. This paper demonstrates how Project-Based Learning (PBL) can be…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-09-01 Nischal Binod Gautam , Keith Evan Schubert , Enrique P. Blair

In the history of quantum mechanics, much has been written about the double-slit experiment, and much debate as to its interpretation has ensued. Indeed, to explain the interference patterns for sub-atomic particles, explanations have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul O'Hara

The Quantum Mechanics Conceptual Survey (QMCS) is a 12-question survey of students' conceptual understanding of quantum mechanics. It is intended to be used to measure the relative effectiveness of different instructional methods in modern…

Physics Education · Physics 2015-05-19 S. B. McKagan , K. K. Perkins , C. E. Wieman

As the field of quantum information science and engineering (QISE) continues its rapid growth, there are increasing concerns about the workforce demands and the necessity of preparing students for quantum-related careers. Given the…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-10-02 Fargol Seifollahi , Chandralekha Singh

Quantum Machine Learning(QML) is developed by combining quantum mechanics principles with classical machine learning techniques in a hybrid framework that can give faster, exponential, more efficient power of quantum computing with the data…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Pallab Biswas , Tamal Maity

In a paper from 2006, Couder and Fort [1] describe a version of the famous double slit experiment performed with drops bouncing on a vibrated fluid surface, where interference in the particle statistics is found even though it is possible…

Currently, education and workforce training in quantum information science and technology (QIST) exists primarily at the graduate and postdoctoral levels, with few undergraduate efforts beginning to grow out of these. In order to meet the…

A common learning goal for modern physics instructors is for students to recognize a difference between the experimental uncertainty of classical physics and the fundamental uncertainty of quantum mechanics. Our prior work has shown that…

Physics Education · Physics 2015-05-30 Charles Baily , Noah D. Finkelstein

Despite the astonishing successes of quantum mechanics, due to some fundamental problems such as the measurement problem and quantum arrival time problem, the predictions of the theory are in some cases not quite clear and unique.…

The revolutionary new field of Quantum Computing (QC) continues to gain attention in industry, academia, and government in both research and education. At educational institutions, there is a proliferation of introductory courses at various…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-07-15 Beth Thacker , Jianlan Wang , Yuanlin Zhang , Quy Ban Tran , Divya Sree Vemula , Tunde Kushimo

The double slit experiment provides a classic example of both interference and the effect of observation in quantum physics. When particles are sent individually through a pair of slits, a wave-like interference pattern develops, but no…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-01 Joshua Kincaid , Kyle McLelland , Michael Zwolak

Research-validated multiple-choice questions comprise an easy-to-implement instructional tool for scaffolding student learning and providing formative assessment of students' knowledge. We present findings from the implementation of a…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-10-16 Peter Hu , Yangqiuting Li , Chandralekha Singh

After the passage of the US National Quantum Initiative Act in December 2018, the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy assembled an interagency working group and conducted a workshop titled "Key…

Physics Education · Physics 2023-10-13 Chandralekha Singh , Akash Levy , Jeremy Levy