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Symbolic Forms Analysis of Expressions for Probability in Dirac and Wave Function Notations for Spins-First Students
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William D. Riihiluoma; Zeynep Topdemir; John R. Thompson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
The ability to relate physical concepts and phenomena to multiple mathematical representations--and to move fluidly between these representations--is a critical outcome expected of physics instruction. In upper-division quantum mechanics, students must work with multiple symbolic notations, including some that they have not previously encountered.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Physics, Science Instruction