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Clark, Renee M.; Wang, Mohan; Splain, Zachary A.; Chen, Kevin P. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: A hybrid approach involving reduced lecture content with project-based learning (PBL) was introduced to a standalone course in optics at an engineering school not specialized in this area, with promising results. Background: At most schools, optics is an elective "niche" area involving a single senior course. This presents…
Descriptors: Optics, Light, Lasers, Active Learning
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Garriz, Abel E.; Sztrajman, Alejandro; Mitnik, Dario – European Journal of Physics, 2010
The propagation in time of a wavepacket is a conceptually rich problem suitable to be studied in any introductory quantum mechanics course. This subject is covered analytically in most of the standard textbooks. Computer simulations have become a widespread pedagogical tool, easily implemented in computer labs and in classroom demonstrations.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Quantum Mechanics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses