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We developed a web-based tool to provide students with access to old exam problems and solutions. By controlling the order in which students saw the problems, as well as their access to solutions, we obtained data about student learning by studying old exam problems. Our data suggest that in general students learn from doing old exam problems, and that having access to the problem solutions increases their learning. However, the data also suggest the depth of learning may be relatively shallow. In addition, the data show that doing old exam problems provides important formative assessment about the student's overall preparedness for the exam and their particular areas of strength and weakness.
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research: Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 010107
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What students learn when studying physics practice exam problems: AppendicesAppendix A: Categories; Appendix B: Paired problems that showed a large improvement; Appendix C: Paired Problems that showed negative improvement; Appendix D: Paired Problems that showed no improvement; and, Appendix E: Number and percentage of students who correctly answered on each problem ID. download 247kb .pdf Published: May 2, 2011 Rights: This file is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. The associated article is: W. Fakcharoenphol, E. Potter, and T. Stelzer, "What students learn when studying physics practice exam problems," Phys. Rev. ST PER, 7 (1), 010107 (2011), 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.010107.
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=11948">Fakcharoenphol, W, E. Potter, and T. Stelzer. "What students learn when studying physics practice exam problems." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 7, no. 1, (May 2, 2011): 010107.</a>
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W. Fakcharoenphol, E. Potter, and T. Stelzer, , Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 7 (1), 010107 (2011), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.010107).
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W. Fakcharoenphol, E. Potter, and T. Stelzer, What students learn when studying physics practice exam problems, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 7 (1), 010107 (2011), <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.010107>.
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Fakcharoenphol, W., Potter, E., & Stelzer, T. (2011, May 2). What students learn when studying physics practice exam problems. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 7(1), 010107. Retrieved July 8, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.010107
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Fakcharoenphol, W, E. Potter, and T. Stelzer. "What students learn when studying physics practice exam problems." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 7, no. 1, (May 2, 2011): 010107, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.010107 (accessed 8 July 2025).
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Fakcharoenphol, Witat, Eric Potter, and Timothy Stelzer. "What students learn when studying physics practice exam problems." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 7.1 (2011): 010107. 8 July 2025 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.010107>.
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