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Re: calculus-based physics final exam

At the time I was acquiring these, they were making only
occasional years (like every 4th) available.
My practice was to distribute one year's exam for the students to
warm up on, and then use a different year for the final. Since I was
teaching a calculus-based course I used only the C exams. I thought that
the multiple-choice questions were quite comparable to such tests as the
FCI.
Close adherence to the grading protocols and careful adherence to
pretest confidentiality will give you a good feel for how your students
are doing compared (nationally) with high school students who take the AP
exams.

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, SSHS KPHOX wrote:

PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
Would you be willing to send me one? Electronic copy is preferred, but
I'm willing to accept a paper copy if you have one.

Do you use the same exam each year and does it cover two semesters?

AT

These exams are copyrighted. The APC covers Mechanics and E&M, the AP B
is more comprehensive less mathematical. You can purchase these from ETS.
You can purchase a nice book with all kinds of normative information.

Here is more info:
After you log into AP Central, follow the path:
Home>The Exam>Exam Questions>The Physics B Exam
Alternatively, go to the URL:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/members/article/1,3046,152-171-0-2007,00.html

Near the bottom you will find links to .PDF files for the questions,
solutions (scoring guides) and the Chief Reader's Scoring Commentary for
the past four years.

Ken Fox


--
"What did Barrow's lectures contain? Bourbaki writes with some
scorn that in his book in a hundred pages of the text there are about 180
drawings. (Concerning Bourbaki's books it can be said that in a thousand
pages there is not one drawing, and it is not at all clear which is
worse.)"
V. I. Arnol'd in
Huygens & Barrow, Newton & Hooke