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dc.contributor.authorHuseby, Anders
dc.contributor.authorBungum, Berit
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-17T06:56:12Z
dc.date.available2019-09-17T06:56:12Z
dc.date.created2019-08-21T19:34:27Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationPhysics Education. 2019, 54 (6), .nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0031-9120
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2617092
dc.description.abstractQuantum physics is challenging for young students, but also a source of fascination. Observation is a key concept in order to understand how principles and experimental results in quantum physics differ from what we are used to in classical physics and everyday experiences. In this study we investigate how pre-university physics students understand the concept of observation in the case of the famous double-slit experiment with electrons and interpretations of its results. We found that a conception of observation as looking, meaning a passive registration, is prevalent among students. This causes serious problems in understanding quantum physics and leads to very unproductive speculations that links to mysticism. Some students considered observation as measurement involving some sort of apparatus, but very few expressed the key idea of measurement as interaction. We discuss how a more explicit discussion of what observation means in quantum physics can benefit students' understanding of principles in quantum physics and their philosophical consequences.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherInstitute of Physics, IOP Sciencenb_NO
dc.relation.urihttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/ab3694
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleObservation in quantum physics: challenges for upper secondary physics students in discussing electrons as wavesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber6nb_NO
dc.source.volume54nb_NO
dc.source.journalPhysics Educationnb_NO
dc.source.issue6nb_NO
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab3694
dc.identifier.cristin1717842
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 246723nb_NO
dc.description.localcode© 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. Open Access CC-BYnb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,66,20,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for fysikk
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