21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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Towards a Concept Inventory on Quantum Information

25 Jun 2026, 14:45
15m
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3
Oral not-in-competition (Graduate Student) / Orale non-compétitive (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) (DQI/DPE) R1-7 | (DIQDEP)

Speaker

Shania Smagh (Simon Fraser University)

Description

Concept inventories like the FCI or the BEMA have been valuable tools in studying how well students understand physics concepts, mostly at the introductory level. A few have been created for more advanced topics including quantum mechanics, but work on creating a concept inventory on quantum information has started only recently.

We will describe how we are developing our concept inventory, illustrate differences from the typical process due to the unique nature of the content and learning environments, and discuss a few surprising insights. We will also provide examples for how developing an instrument like this can inform course design and the creation of meaningful learning outcomes.

Keyword-1 concept inventory
Keyword-2 quantum information

Authors

Daria Ahrensmeier Shania Smagh (Simon Fraser University)

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