Interactive learning tutorial on quantum key distribution

DeVore, Seth; Singh, Chandralekha

doi:10.1103/physrevphyseducres.16.010126

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“…PER researchers have also developed curricular materials to improve student understanding of QIS topics, though these have generally been designed and evaluated in the context of traditional quantum mechanics courses [23][24][25] rather than true interdisciplinary QIS courses. Researchers in engineering and CS education have engaged in similar efforts in more interdisciplinary QIS contexts [26,27].…”

Section: B Prior Workmentioning

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The interdisciplinary quantum information classroom: Themes from a survey of quantum information science instructors

Meyer,

Passante,

Pollock

et al. 2022

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Interdisciplinary introduction to quantum information science (QIS) courses are proliferating at universities across the US, but the experiences of instructors in these courses have remained largely unexplored in the discipline-based education research (DBER) communities. Here, we address this gap by reporting on the findings of a survey of instructors teaching introduction to QIS courses at institutions across the US, primarily at the undergraduate or hybrid undergraduate/graduate level, as well as follow-up focus interviews with six individual instructors. Key themes from this analysis include challenges and opportunities associated with the diversity of instructor and student backgrounds, student difficulties with the mathematical formalism (especially though not exclusively with linear algebra), and the need for better textbooks and curricular materials.

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Section: B Prior Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

The interdisciplinary quantum information classroom: Themes from a survey of quantum information science instructors

Meyer,

Passante,

Pollock

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…It also entails having a good understanding of students' prior knowledge and skills that can be built on, the common difficulties students have after traditional lecturebased instruction [63], [64], and consideration of how to leverage the diverse prior preparation of students effectively. For example, education research has studied students working in small groups on collaborative group problem solving, tutorials and clicker questions [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72] using approaches in which individual accountability has been integrated with positive interdependence, e.g., through grade incentives. These methods have been shown to improve learning outcomes for all students.…”

Section: A Qise Education Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All courses and curricula should have learning outcomes for required QISE knowledge and skills [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72]. Courses should also have explicit outcomes to promote a high sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and identity as a person who can excel in QISE for all students, but particularly students from historically marginalized groups, e.g., women and racial/ethnic minorities [86].…”

Section: A Recommendations For Course and Program Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program

Asfaw,

Blais,

Brown

et al. 2021

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“…Much DBER work on QIS education has specifically focused on industry needs for workforce development [2,[6][7][8], trends in existing coursework [1,3,5], or teaching quantum computing to computer science students [9][10][11][12]. Chandralekha Singh's group has pioneered a series of Quantum Interactive Learning Tutorials (QUILTs) to help students in existing quantum mechanics classes learn quantum information processing [13][14][15], and recent work has developed curricular materials for secondary school audiences [16].…”

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Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?

Meyer¹,

Passante²,

Pollock³

et al. 2022

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Significant attention in the PER community has been paid to student cognition and reasoning processes in undergraduate quantum mechanics. Until recently, however, these same topics have remained largely unexplored in the context of emerging interdisciplinary quantum information science (QIS) courses. We conducted exploratory interviews with 22 students in an upper-division quantum computing course at a large R1 university crosslisted in physics and computer science, as well as 6 graduate students in a similar graduate-level QIS course offered in physics. We classify and analyze students' responses to a pair of questions regarding the fundamental differences between classical and quantum computers. We specifically note two key themes of importance to educators: (1) when reasoning about computational power, students often struggled to distinguish between the relative effects of exponential and linear scaling, resulting in students frequently focusing on distinctions that are arguably better understood as analog-digital than classical-quantum, and (2) introducing the thought experiment of analog classical computers was a powerful tool for helping students develop a more expertlike perspective on the differences between classical and quantum computers.

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Interactive learning tutorial on quantum key distribution

Cited by 19 publications

References 58 publications

The interdisciplinary quantum information classroom: Themes from a survey of quantum information science instructors

The interdisciplinary quantum information classroom: Themes from a survey of quantum information science instructors

Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program

Investigating student interpretations of the differences between classical and quantum computers: Are quantum computers just analog classical computers?

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