Astronomy quiz archive: stars/sun/seasons/moon phases

Astronomy 210 Quiz 1, fall semester 2019
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 70158, version 1
Exam code: quiz01SLYc

Section 70158

0- 8.0 :	* [low = 6.0]
8.5-16.0 :	****************
16.5-24.0 :	********** [mean = 21.6 +/- 8.6]
24.5-32.0 :	*************
32.5-40.0 :	**** [high = 40.0]

Section 70160, version 1
Exam code: quiz01nGh7

Section 70160

0- 8.0 :	*** [low = 8.0]
8.5-16.0 :	*******
16.5-24.0 :	******* [mean = 19.0 +/- 7.6]
24.5-32.0 :	***
32.5-40.0 :	* [high = 36.0]

Physics quiz archive: metric system, significant figures, unit conversions, dimensional analysis

Physics 205A Quiz 1, fall semester 2019
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855
Exam code: quiz01B34t



Sections 70854, 70855 results

0- 6 :	* [low = 6]
7-12 :	****
13-18 :	*************
19-24 :	*********************** [mean = 21.4 +/- 5.7]
25-30 :	************** [high = 30]

Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting

Astronomy 210 In-class activity 6 v.19.08.17, fall semester 2019
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students find their assigned groups of three to four students, and work cooperatively on an in-class activity worksheet to determine where in the sky each naked-eye planet will be observed on a given date (here, August 29, 2019).


Previous posts:

• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2019 (February 6, 2019).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2018 (August 28, 2018).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2017 (September 6, 2017).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2017 (February 1, 2017).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2016 (August 31, 2016).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2016 (February 4, 2016).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2015 (September 3, 2015).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2015 (February 4, 2015).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2014 (September 3, 2014).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2014 (February 6, 2014).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2013 (September 5, 2013).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2013 (February 6, 2013).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2012 (September 6, 2012).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2012 (February 2, 2012).
Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
fall semester 2011 (September 1, 2011).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2011 (February 2, 2011).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2010 (September 2, 2010).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2010 (February 4, 2010).

FCI pre-test comparison: Cuesta College (fall semester 2019)

Students at Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo, CA) were administered the 30-question Force Concept Inventory (David Hestenes, et al.) during the first week of instruction.

Physics 205A fall semester 2019, pre-instruction scores

	Group A: Section 70854 (12:30-3:20 PM lab)	Group B: Section 70855 (4:30-7:20 PM lab)
N	31 students	25 students
low	3	2
mean	8.29 ± 4.00	9.12 ± 4.96
high	18	20

*Excludes students with negative informed consent forms (*.pdf)

Student's t-test of the null hypothesis between pre-test scores from these two lab sections results in p = 0.49 (t = −0.693, sdev = 4.45, degrees of freedom = 54), thus there is a significant difference between the early and late afternoon lab sections.

D. Hestenes, M. Wells, and G. Swackhamer, Arizona State University, "Force Concept Inventory," Phys. Teach. 30, 141-158 (1992).
Development of the FCI, a 30-question survey of basic Newtonian mechanics concepts.

Previous FCI results:

(Paired Student t-tests from 2017 onwards)

• Cuesta College, fall semester 2018 pre-test to post-test comparison.
  
• Cuesta College, fall semester 2017 pre-test to post-test comparison.
  
  (Note only unpaired Student t-tests were run prior to 2017)
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2016 pre-test to post-test comparison.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2015 pre-tests, and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2014 pre-tests, and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2013 pre-tests, and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2012 pre-tests, and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2011 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2009 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, spring semester 2009 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2008 pre-tests and post-tests.
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, spring semester 2008 pre-tests and post-tests.
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2007 pre-tests and post-tests.