Implementing New Educational Platforms in the Classroom: An Interactive Approach to the Particle in a Box Problem

Autor/inn/en	Cruzeiro, Vinícius Wilian D.; Gao, Xiang; Kleiman, Valeria D.
Titel	Implementing New Educational Platforms in the Classroom: An Interactive Approach to the Particle in a Box Problem
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (2019) 8, S.1663-1670 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cruzeiro, Vinícius Wilian D.) ORCID (Kleiman, Valeria D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Quantum Mechanics; Chemistry; College Science; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Scientific Concepts; Concept Formation; Motion; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Quantenmechanik; Chemie; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Bewegungsablauf; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The ready availability of interactive platforms has produced a new generation of students able to utilize computer-based learning tools with ease and comfort. The potential to better "explore by yourself" the lecture material permits students to have an enhanced learning experience and stimulates them to tinker with equation parameters generating insightful figures or animations. Used in the classroom, it emboldens students to have a deeper comprehension of complex derivations or mathematical expressions. We illustrate the power of interactive learning platforms by presenting educational "Jupyter notebooks" for the study of a fundamental problem in quantum chemistry: the motion of a particle in 1D and 2D space. Although simple, this model offers the possibility to explore several important quantum chemistry concepts such as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, confinement leading to quantization, tunneling effect, and even bonding and antibonding properties. We present four "Jupyter notebooks" that gradually walk the student from the properties of a free particle to the properties of a particle in a double potential well. Our experience gained from the implementation of the material in the undergraduate and graduate curriculum is discussed, including student feedback and examples of complementary homework to be used in the classroom. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01