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Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorials (QuILTs)

Overview

Guided-inquiry worksheets to help students develop a good understanding of upper-level quantum mechanics, including contemporary topics such as quantum entanglement. They emphasize connecting quantitative formalism to qualitative understanding and building physical intuition using visualization tools from the Open-Source Physics Project. They can be used in class or as homework. Graduate students can use them as a self-study tool.

	Type of Method	Curriculum supplement, Tutorials
	Level	Designed for: Advanced Undergraduate Can be adapted for: Graduate, Intermediate Undergraduate
	Setting	Designed for: Lecture - Small (<30 students), Recitation/Discussion Session Can be adapted for: Lecture - Large (30+ students), Homework, Studio
	Coverage	Few topics with great depth
	Topics	Modern / Quantum
	Instructor Effort	Medium
	Skills	Designed for: Conceptual understanding of physics content, Connecting conceptual and mathematical understanding, Enjoyment of physics, Coherent framework for physics, Understanding how physics relates to the real world, Think like a scientist, Reflecting on one's own learning, Self-confidence around physics, Representing knowledge in multiple ways
	Research Validation	Based on research into: how students learn, student ideas about specific topics Demonstrated to improve: scores on multiple choice conceptual tests, scores on written conceptual tests Studied using: conceptual pre/post exams, student interviews, classroom observations, research conducted at multiple institutions
	Compatible Methods	Peer Instruction, PhET, JiTT, CGPS, Physlets, SCALE-UP, OSP, LA Program, CAE TPS, New Model Course, TEFA, CU Modern, CU QM, Paradigms, PI QM, Tutorials, Clickers
	Similar Methods	UW Tutorials, ABP Tutorials, OST Tutorials, Lecture-Tutorials, CU QM, Thermal Tutorials, Mechanics Tutorials, PI QM, Tutorials
	Developer(s)	Chandralekha Singh and PER team at the University of Pittsburgh
	Website	http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~cls/quantum/