Design and validation of the Quantum Mechanics Conceptual Survey

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 courses. In this paper, we describe the design and v...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: C. E. Wieman, K. K. Perkins, S. B. McKagan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2010-11-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020121