CliffsTestPrep PCAT: 5 Practice Tests

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American BookWorks Corporation “CliffsTestPrep PCAT: 5 Practice Tests”
Cliffs Notes | 2006-03-27 | ISBN: 0764595865 | 304 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB
Your guide to a higher score on the PCAT
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About the contents:

Introduction:
* A detailed description of the test so you know what to expect
* How to answer multiple-choice questions
* The Critical Thinking Essay and how to approach it, including basic writing techniques
* 5 sample topics for both argumentative and problem-solving essay topics
* How to get the most out of the practice tests
5 Full-Length Practice Tests with Answers and Explanations
* Tests simulate the question/answer sections of the actual exam
* Each practice test covers the 5 subject areas tested: verbal ability, biology, reading comprehension, quantitative ability, and chemistry
* Each test also gives you the opportunity to practice writing a Critical Thinking Essay
* Answers and explanations help you gauge your results and pinpoint areas to review

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[Bassir]

I'm interested in self-studying for the AP Physics B examination, so I'm in need of a textbook for preparing me for the exam.

If you're interested as to what the exam questions look like in order to find me the best book, here is a practice test:

http://www.arlington.spps.org/sites/3ccf4ac7-d146-48dd-95e6-0a0073e5ce1a/uploads/AP_B_Practice_08-09.PDF

There isn't much calculus on the exam, I believe.

This course provides a systematic introduction to the main principles of physics and emphasizes the development of conceptual understanding and problem-solving ability using algebra and trigonometry, but rarely calculus. In most colleges, this is a one-year terminal course including a laboratory component and is not the usual preparation for more advanced physics and engineering courses. However, the B course provides a foundation in physics for students in the life sciences, premedicine, and some applied sciences, as well as other fields not directly related to science.

It's basically like an easier intro to physics course, so from your experience, I would love to hear any recommendations.

I hear all about Physics for Scientist & Engineers, and Giancoli, etc... but I can't decide between all these textbooks. There seems to be too many mixed reviews, so I'm asking you guys.

Remember, this is for AP Physics B independent studying.

 

[latichev]

I couldn't post this in the learning materials forums, so I'm posting it here, but please move it if appropriate.

My son who is entering 8th grade might want to self-study AP Physics B. He has the requisite math--finishing Algebra 2--and works with a math tutor who could help him with the physics.

I found this online interactive course from the Monterey Institute.

http://www.hippocampus.org/AP Physics B I

It looks like it will do the job, but I'm wondering if anyone here has experience with it.

Also, I'd be interested in any recommendations in textbooks, review books, and problem sets.

For example, which among these College Board recommendations?

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_physb.html

Cutnell, John D., and Kenneth W. Johnson. 2004. Physics, 6th ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons.

Giancoli, Douglas C. 2005. Physics: Principles with Applications, 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

Hecht, Eugene. 2003. Physics: Algebra/Trigonometry, 3rd ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing.

Serway, Raymond A., and Jerry S. Faughn. 2003. College Physics, 6th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing.

Wilson, Jerry D., and Anthony J. Buffa. 2003. College Physics, 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

Thanks!

 

[Mépris]

I will have to do lots of studying on my own for Physics, considering I missed nearly a term's worth of work and since I enjoy Physics, I will probably be learning on my own at home a fair bit.

I don't really like the book I use at school which is by Kerr and Ruth and was looking for alternatives that I could try out and see if they're more to my liking? Maybe it's the approach these guys take that I don't like or perhaps it's because I'm not trying hard enough or I might very well be taking the wrong approach on my end but I would still like to give another book or two a shot. Any ideas?

N.B: I will use the book(s) in conjunction with my syllabus to ensure that I learn all the required material.

Thank you.

 

[nallur]

Greetings and namaste everybody and thanks a lot in advance.

I am going to be doing physics scholarship this year and i am really looking for an insightful high school physics scholarship book which has deeply worked examples and EXTENSIVE STEP BY STEP ANSWERS. What i really really dislike about today's '' bestselling " high school books on calculus and physics by " best selling authors is that there just IS NO comprehensive answers. Really, there just isn't any step by step answers. At times there may be a few steps mentioned in the answers, but certainly that isn't through either. I get stuck so many times and all the times due to there being just no answers. Yes, the comprehensive step by step answers may take up a lot of space and many pages, but that's how we learn. It doesn't matter if the book is 50 or even 100 pages more for that matter, but there just must be through guided answers and just stating the answer- expecting us essentially to literally discover " the maths or physics we are doing " like Newton or Einstein had to.
I really can't spend hours trying to figure out how they came to the answers. Its as if i am a physicist on a new frontier tryign to figure out soemthign which no one else knows up till then- such as when Newton or Einstein who had to discover thigns, or anyone else who tries to answer the big questions today that are out there such as regardign black energy e.t.c with no answers what so ever. Such is my pitiful case. To add to this i am also very analytical so it makes it just that much more worse.


Going back to the point, i would love it if you people can suggest a really good high school physics scholarship book or any other physics book which would really help with attaining a scholarship, with explicit examples and answers.

Thanks once again.

 

[R_Sarav]

Can someone please create a list of all the books required to successfully pass the USAPHO exam - the exam administered in the US for entry to the international physics Olympiad. I have searched everywhere for answers but keep getting mixed results. I just need the definite list of books that I can study to pass the USAPHO exam. Some people have told me just study AP Physics 1 & 2, others have said you also need AP Physics C and others have told me to undergraduate physics ... so I really don't know. Thanks for all responses.