Abstract
This chapter summarizes the results of a qualitative research study of undergraduate chemistry and physics students enrolled in introductory quantum mechanics courses. We found that many of the problems the students encountered when learning quantum mechanics were not the result of a misunderstanding of the concepts being taught but the result of their employing non-productive strategies while studying and doing the homework. The goal of this chapter is to describe the problem-solving mindset the students brought to the learning of quantum mechanics as a basis for thinking about changes in the way quantum mechanics, in specific, and physical chemistry, in general, are taught.
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