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May 26 – 31, 2024
Western University
America/Toronto timezone
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Student reasoning about measurement and uncertainty across classical and quantum mechanics

May 27, 2024, 2:15 PM
30m
PAB Rm 100 (cap. 50) (Physics & Astronomy Bldg., Western U.)

PAB Rm 100 (cap. 50)

Physics & Astronomy Bldg., Western U.

Speaker

Natasha Holmes

Description

Measurement and uncertainty are important concepts that show up across a standard physics curriculum, from laboratory instruction to quantum mechanics courses. Little work, however, has examined how students reason about uncertainty beyond the introductory level and has generally focused on a single perspective: students' procedural reasoning about measurements. Our team has developed new ways of looking at students' reasoning about measurement and uncertainty that span these contexts, and also explore students' ideas about sources of uncertainty, predictive reasoning about measurements, and ideas about the existence of "true values". I will present our work exploring the interesting variability in student reasoning across these perspectives, classical and quantum mechanics contexts, and introductory and upper-division students.

Keyword-1 Measurement and uncertainty
Keyword-2 Classical & Quantum Mechanics
Keyword-3 Physics Education Research

Primary author

Natasha Holmes

Co-authors

Emily Stump (Cornell University) Gina Passante (California State University Fullerton) Mark Hughes (California State University Fullerton)

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