Framing difficulties in quantum mechanics

Students’ difficulties in quantum mechanics may be the result of unproductive framing rather than a fundamental inability to solve the problems or misconceptions about physics content. Using the theoretical lens of epistemological framing, we applied previously developed frames to seek an underlying...

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Auteurs principaux:	Bahar Modir, John D. Thompson, Eleanor C. Sayre
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Publié:	American Physical Society 2019
Sujets:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7facacb8b56446a0aa7dfd04fe810e042021-12-02T11:48:47ZFraming difficulties in quantum mechanics10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.0201462469-9896https://doaj.org/article/7facacb8b56446a0aa7dfd04fe810e042019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020146http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020146https://doaj.org/toc/2469-9896Students’ difficulties in quantum mechanics may be the result of unproductive framing rather than a fundamental inability to solve the problems or misconceptions about physics content. Using the theoretical lens of epistemological framing, we applied previously developed frames to seek an underlying structure to the long lists of published difficulties that span many topics in quantum mechanics. Mapping descriptions of published difficulties into errors in epistemological framing and resource use, we analyzed descriptions of students’ problem solving to find their frames, and compared students’ framing to the framing (and frame shifting) required by problem statements. We found three categories of error: mismatches between students’ framing and problem statement framing inappropriate or absent shifting between frames and insufficient resource activation within an appropriate frame.Bahar ModirJohn D. ThompsonEleanor C. SayreAmerican Physical SocietyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691PhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review Physics Education Research, Vol 15, Iss 2, p 020146 (2019)
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description	Students’ difficulties in quantum mechanics may be the result of unproductive framing rather than a fundamental inability to solve the problems or misconceptions about physics content. Using the theoretical lens of epistemological framing, we applied previously developed frames to seek an underlying structure to the long lists of published difficulties that span many topics in quantum mechanics. Mapping descriptions of published difficulties into errors in epistemological framing and resource use, we analyzed descriptions of students’ problem solving to find their frames, and compared students’ framing to the framing (and frame shifting) required by problem statements. We found three categories of error: mismatches between students’ framing and problem statement framing inappropriate or absent shifting between frames and insufficient resource activation within an appropriate frame.
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Framing difficulties in quantum mechanics

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