Case study of a successful learner’s epistemological framings of quantum mechanics

Research on student epistemologies in introductory courses has highlighted the importance of understanding physics as “a refinement of everyday thinking” [A. Einstein, J. Franklin Inst. 221, 349 (1936)JFINAB0016-003210.1016/S0016-0032(36)91047-5]. That view is difficult to sustain in quantum mechani...

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Main Authors: Vesal Dini, David Hammer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-05-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.010124