| Session: | Innovation in Upper-Division Physics Courses |
| Meeting: | 122nd AAPT National Meeting: San Diego, CA |
| Location: | California |
| Date: | Jan. 11 |
| Time: | 2:45 p.m. |
| Author: |
Waldemar Axmann, Kansas
State Univ. 785-532-1633, wjaxmann@excite.com |
| Co-Author(s): | Dean A. Zollman |
| Abstract: | Visual Quantum Mechanics was conceived when we asked ourselves if we could teach quantum mechanics without the math. Since then the materials have been successfully used in a wide variety of courses. During this time we have discovered that physics majors, and even graduate students, can benefit from many of the materials. This year we have adapted many of the Visual Quantum Mechanics units and created several new units specifically designed for junior- and senior-level quantum mechanics courses — rolling the math back in as appropriate. An overview of these new materials and information about availability for field testing will be given. |
| Footnotes: | *Supported by NSF grants #ESI-9452782 and #DUE-9652888. |