The practice of problem solving is critical in Physics courses. The use of web technology for this purpose can help students develop and hone their problem solving skills.
The links below include multiple-choice questions and problems that can
be used for review purposes.
INTERACTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING FROM TEXTBOOKS:
The links below correspond to textbook companion websites that contain interactive problems, quizzes or multiple choice questions:
Prentice Hall Textbooks
The textbooks below contain the same algorithmically-generated
practice problems, Physlets by Wolfgang Christian at Davidson College, MCAT practice questions (multiple choice format).
Giancoli:
Walker:
Wilson and Buffa:
Includes tutorial quizzes.
Includes: self-assessment tests, interactive solutions and interactive problem solving
Includes: interactive problem solving and quizzes
Includes: interactive concept tester.
PROBLEM SETS:
University of Oregon. Problems on: Basic Concepts, Mechanics, Thermal Physics, Electricity and Magnetism
Mirror site for the Science Education Centre. Contains sets of problems in Mechanics and Electricity.
Contains sets of multiple-choice problems and ranking tasks with immediate feedback. Just click on the Q Physics links at the top of the webpage
Mainland High School by Catharine H. Colwell. There are good lecture notes and interactive exercises and questions.
The following sites are not interactive in nature but are a very good sources of multiple-choice questions:
Excellent source of multiple-choice style questions. Tests and Scoring Keys available from 1997-2006
Tests from 1994-2005 of the Physics Bowl Examination. All sets include 45 multiple-choice questions. Great for practice!
