Collection of Concept Tests from CU Boulder

Below are some concept tests used at CU Boulder in introductory classes. These have been, for the most part, created by Michael Dubson and Steven Pollock. (Warning: some have been cribbed from Eric Mazur's book on "Peer Instruction", so it's up to you to seek permission if you want to use those in any public or commercial forum)

We will be delighted if you can use any of these in your courses. We'd appreciate hearing from you if do! Similarly, if you modify/improve them (or find "bugs"), we'd like to know about that too, so we can keep these links up-to-date and constantly improving. Please contact Steven.Pollock@colorado.edu

Zipped Word docs

THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION We're working on ways to allow you to find concept tests from our collections based on course, topic, author, and format. But in the meantime, below are zipped collections of what we have.
We are believers in the "shareware" model of educational materials - use what you need, ask you like. Please return the favor by sending us improved materials, and reference us when it seems appropriate!
Note: the files below are still very raw (let us know if there are major typos or corrections) We're working on it

If you download and use these in your class we'd love to hear about it, send us a quick email.

Mechanics collection. (1.1 Meg, zipped folder containing MS Word documents) Originally from Mike Dubson and Steve Pollock Originally from Mike Dubson and Steve Pollock.
Electricity and Magnetism collection. (1.5 Meg, zipped folder containing MS Word documents) Thanks to Bob Wilson and others at CSU for organizing and modifying these files, originally from Mike Dubson and Steve Pollock.
Electricity and Magnetism powerpoints, (5.3 Meg, zipped folder containing powerpoint files) Thanks to Jamie Nagle for converting some of the above Word questions to powerpoint, and adding many of his own. Also, here are Solution slides to the previous collection of E&M powerpoints (5.3 Meg, zipped folder containing powerpoint files) (Again, from Jamie Nagle)
Energy and the Environment collection. (1.0 Meg, zipped folder containing sub-folders with concept tests, class activities, pre/post tests, exams, and more) Thanks to Tom Murphy at UC San Diego for coming up with a few of the concept questions, this collection is from Steven Pollock
Physics of Sound and Music for nonmajors collection. (Beware! A whopping 40 Meg! zipped folder containing sub-folders with concept tests, class activities, pre/post tests, exams, sound files and much more) This collection is from Steven Pollock
If the previous link is too large for you, here is Physics of Sound and Music for nonmajors (Phys 1240), concept tests ONLY (1.2 MB zipped folder containing powerpoint files) (From Steven Pollock)
(For more options, visit our (currently unorganized and largely empty) collection of concept tests from a variety of classes. We'll be moving materials into this directory soon, stay tuned.

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