I am in physics 3 this semester and luckily I have made it this far. I am worried that I won't do well on the exams. I already do all the assigned homework.
Thanks
2007-06-07 12:44:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The homework should be good experience for the tests! If you do well on that, it should be evidence will do great on the test. Just make sure you think about the question logically and make sure you show your work completely for credit.
2007-06-07 12:52:56 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prof is right...make sure you understand the physics. If you have time in the exams, you might be able derive the equation you need, but if you don't understand the physics, that won't happen.
And sometimes, if you have insight into the physics of a problem, you can skip a lot of calculations and equation rewriting because you will recognize a lot of things have to cancel out or go to zero. This results because many, if not most, physical phenomena are balanced, which means stuff on the RHS and LHS of an equation will cancel out. There is a sort of symmetry (you'll find this to be very important in advanced physics).
Finally, get into your prof's head. The best students are the ones who can just about hit 100% on what their prof will ask on an exam. So they study those things and leave the others go. If you are not prepared to ask your prof a lot of questions during review class prior to the exam, you've not prepared yourself for the exam.
2007-06-07 13:31:37 · answer #2 · answered by oldprof 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most common mistake is to fixate on memorizing equations without thinking about the concepts they represent. Make sure that you understand the physical concepts and the relationships between the various quantities before studying the equations.
2007-06-07 13:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋