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Conclusion

We have created over 150 Physlet- and Open Source Physics-based exercises for the
teaching and learning of quantum mechanics. Some of these exercises can be found
on the Web site in Ref. [2]. Most of the new exercises, such as the ones presented in
this paper, can be found on the Open Source Physics Web site
(http://www.opensourcephysics.org) and on the MERLOT (http://merlot.org) and
ComPADRE (http://compadre.org/quantum) digital libraries by searching for “Physlets”
or “Open Source Physics.” These materials provide a new, exciting, and effective way
to deliver interactive curricular material to students studying quantum mechanics. The
effectiveness of these materials is supported by our preliminary assessment of the use
of interactive curricular material in our quantum mechanics courses [2]. We are
currently developing additional material that will appear in the book: Physlet Quantum
Mechanics (2005 Prentice Hall).

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our colleagues at Davidson College for their support of this
work. We would also like to thank Larry Cain and Bruce Mason for their helpful
feedback in preparing this manuscript. This work has been supported in part by
Associated Colleges of the South Teaching with Technology Fellowships, by the
Research Corporation through a Cottrell College Science Award (CC5470), and by the
National Science Foundation (DUE-0126439).