The Quantum Mechanics Visualisation Project
Feedback from students at the appropriate level is vital to ensure simulations and activities are effective for learning. All newly developed simulations are iteratively refined using individual student observation sessions, where students first freely explore a simulation and then work on the accompanying activity. Outcomes from these sessions are used to revise all simulations wherever applicable. For a substantial number of simulations, further refinement is carried out using in-class trials.
Methods used to evaluate the educational effectiveness of the simulations include pre- and post-tests to assess learning gains, in-class observations, analysis of activity responses, success in solving in-built challenges and analysis of survey responses on students' experience of using the simulations.
Sketching to support visual learning with interactive tutorials, Antje Kohnle, Shaaron E. Ainsworth and Gina Passante, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16 (2020) 020139.
Enhancing student visual understanding of the time evolution of quantum systems, Gina Passante and Antje Kohnle, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 15 (2019) 010110.
The Difference Between a Probability and a Probability Density, Antje Kohnle, Alexander Jackson, and Mark Paetkau, The Physics Teacher 57 (2019) 190.
Characterizing representational learning: A combined simulation and tutorial on perturbation theory, Antje Kohnle and Gina Passante, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 13 (2017) 020131.
Interactive simulations for quantum key distribution, Antje Kohnle and Aluna Rizzoli, Eur. J. Phys. 35 (2017) p. 035403-1 to 15.
Interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics instruction for chemistry students, A. Kohnle, C. Benfield, G. Haehner and M. Paetkau,J. Chem. Educ. 94 (2017) p. 392-397.
Interaktive Simulationen fuer Quantenphysik und Quanteninformation, A. Kohnle, Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Physik in der Schule 65 (2016) p. 17-22. (in German language)
Investigating student understanding of quantum entanglement, A. Kohnle and E. Deffebach, 2015 PERC Proceedings [College Park, July 29-30, 2015], edited by A. D. Churukian, D. Jones and L. Ding, p. 171-174.
Enhancing student learning of two-level quantum systems with interactive simulations, A. Kohnle, C. Baily, A. Campbell, N. Korolkova and M. Paetkau, Am. J. Phys. 83 (2015) p. 560-566.
Research-based interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics learning and teaching , A. Kohnle, 2014 GIREP-MPTL Proceedings, [Palermo, Italy, July 7 - 12, 2014] edited by C. Fazio and R. M. S. Mineo, p. 29-40.
Investigating the Influence of Visualization on Student Understanding of Quantum Superposition, A. Kohnle, C. Baily and S. Ruby, 2014 PERC Proceedings [Minneapolis, July 30-31, 2014], edited by P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian and D. L. Jones, p. 139-142.
Quantum mechanics teaching resources from the Institute of Physics, Antje Kohnle and Derek Raine, New Directions 10 (2014) p. 40-43.
A new introductory quantum mechanics curriculum, Antje Kohnle, Inna Bozhinova, Dan Browne, Mark Everitt, Aleksejs Fomins, Pieter Kok, Gytis Kulaitis, Martynas Prokopas, Derek Raine and Elizabeth Swinbank, Eur. J. Phys. 35 (2014) p. 015001-1 to 9.
Interactive simulations for the learning and teaching of quantum mechanics concepts , A. Kohnle, 2013 MPTL Proceedings [Madrid, September 11-13 2013], edited by S. Dormido and L. de la Torre, p. 65-70.
Optimization of Simulations and Activities for a New Introductory Quantum Mechanics Curriculum, A. Kohnle, C. Baily, C. Hooley, and B. Torrance, 2013 PERC Proceedings [Portland, OR, July 17-18, 2013], edited by P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones, p. 209-212.
A new multimedia resource for teaching quantum mechanics concepts, Antje Kohnle, Donatella Cassettari, Tom J. Edwards, Callum Ferguson, Alastair D. Gillies, Christopher A. Hooley, Natalia Korolkova, Joseph Llama and Bruce D. Sinclair, Am. J. Phys. 80 (2012) p. 148-153.
Developing and evaluating simulations for teaching quantum mechanics concepts, Antje Kohnle, Margaret Douglass, Tom J. Edwards, Alastair D. Gillies, Christopher A. Hooley and Bruce D. Sinclair, Eur. J. Phys. 31 (2010) p. 1441-1455.
