Interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics instruction for chemistry students
Abstract
The QuVis Quantum Mechanics Visualization Project provides freely-available research based interactive simulations with accompanying activities for the teaching and learning of quantum mechanics across a wide range of topics and levels. This article gives an overview of some of the simulations and describes their use in an introductory physical chemistry university course, where simulations were implemented as a pre-lab assignment, as lecture demonstrations, and as homework problems.
Citation
Kohnle , A , Benfield , C , Hähner , G & Paetkau , M 2017 , ' Interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics instruction for chemistry students ' , Journal of Chemical Education , vol. 94 , no. 3 , pp. 392-397 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00459
Publication
Journal of Chemical Education
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0021-9584Type
Journal article
Description
We gratefully acknowledge funding from the UK Higher Education Academy, the UK Institute of Physics and the University of St Andrews for simulation development and evaluation.Collections
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