Anyone taking the AP Physics Tests?

TMM

Physics B with calc wouldn't be that much more interesting, since the added topics are mainly optics, fluids, thermo, and very basic quantum mech. I guess you could add calc aspects to thermodynamics or maybe quantum mechanics, but those would be over the heads of high school calc classes.

terminator88

I heard the mean score for C is lot lower.And I dont think you have to be nearly as proficient in B as in C.C is a lot harder as you have to use calculus.Although B has many more topics but I heard you just have to memorise and apply the formulas.

DavidWhitbeck

Mooney's book Physics C states the 2001 mean grades and Physics C is 3.3 and Physics B is 2.8 tied with Chemistry for being below passing average, yuck!

Also of note Calculus BC and Spanish are the nicest with 3.6 means, well above passing.

lurflurf

This is a good prediction of score for chem and physics B accurate as of 10 years ago
ap score~teacher+student+effort
2
teacher competent
student of average intellegence
resonable effort from student
1
teacher incompetent
student dumb
student lazy
0
teacher anticompetent
student very dumb
effort <0

so we see if teacher competent and student dumb xor lazy score=4
we also see the scale cannot measure the extremly rare 6 score and only a 5 is given

anyway your comparison is invalid because students attempting spanish, calculus BC and physics C are much better prepared than those attempting physics B or chem, also physics B and chem cover much more material than the others.

none of the tests are hard to "pass" (3,4,5) as it only requires 1 from each area.
The bigger problems are
-got a 4 due to statistical fluctuation NO CREDIT
-got a NO CREDIT
-got a Credit know nothing REPEAT
-got a 5 credit no a little skewed perspective

DavidWhitbeck

Yeah that's what makes those two exams so hard is the amount of material. Once Physics B becomes a two year class, maybe things will start changing.

lurflurf

They could just give subscores like they do in calculus and some other subjects.
One might get
2 Mechanics
5 optics/fluids/harmonic
4 E&M/modern

Then the colleges could not give you credit like they do now when you just get
4