Improving student understanding of addition of angular momentum in quantum mechanics

We describe the difficulties advanced undergraduate and graduate students have with concepts related to addition of angular momentum in quantum mechanics. We also describe the development and implementation of a research-based learning tool, Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorial (QuILT), to reduce t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guangtian Zhu, Chandralekha Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-01-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.010101