The document outlines the testing specifications for the 2017-2018 North Carolina Physics Final Exam (NCFE), including:
1) The exam will assess student understanding of physics standards across three domains - Forces and Motion, Energy, and Interactions of Energy and Matter. Each domain will make up a certain percentage of the overall exam questions.
2) The standards are further broken down into clarifying objectives, and the exam will include a specified number of multiple choice or constructed response items measuring each objective.
3) Teachers collaborated with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to determine which standards should be prioritized and the appropriate emphasis and question formats for each.
The document outlines the testing specifications for the 2017-2018 North Carolina Physics Final Exam (NCFE), including:
1) The exam will assess student understanding of physics standards across three domains - Forces and Motion, Energy, and Interactions of Energy and Matter. Each domain will make up a certain percentage of the overall exam questions.
2) The standards are further broken down into clarifying objectives, and the exam will include a specified number of multiple choice or constructed response items measuring each objective.
3) Teachers collaborated with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to determine which standards should be prioritized and the appropriate emphasis and question formats for each.
The document outlines the testing specifications for the 2017-2018 North Carolina Physics Final Exam (NCFE), including:
1) The exam will assess student understanding of physics standards across three domains - Forces and Motion, Energy, and Interactions of Energy and Matter. Each domain will make up a certain percentage of the overall exam questions.
2) The standards are further broken down into clarifying objectives, and the exam will include a specified number of multiple choice or constructed response items measuring each objective.
3) Teachers collaborated with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to determine which standards should be prioritized and the appropriate emphasis and question formats for each.
Domain Physics Standard % of NCFE Phy.1.1 7% -- 12% Forces & Motion Phy.1.2 7% -- 12% Phy.1.3 7% -- 12% Energy: Phy.2.1 12% -- 17% Conservation & Phy.2.2 7% -- 12% Transfer Phy.2.3 14% -- 19% Interactions of Phy.3.1 12% -- 17% Energy & Matter Phy.3.2 9 – 14% Total 100% NOTE: Members of the Test Development section of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) invited teachers to collaborate and develop recommendations for a prioritization of the standards indicating the relative importance of each standard, the anticipated instructional time, and the appropriateness of the standard for multiple-choice and constructed response item formats.
Table 2: Number of Items by Clarifying Objective – Physics NCFE
Number of Physics UNIFYING CONCEPT: Physics Objective Description Items per Objective Objective* Analyze motion graphically and numerically using Phy.1.1.1 2 vectors, graphs, calculations Analyze motion in 1 direction using: time, distance, Phy.1.1.2 1 displacement, velocity, acceleration Analyze motion in 2 directions using: trajectory, time, Phy.1.1.3 1 distance, displacement, velocity, acceleration Analyze forces and systems of forces graphically and Phy.1.2.1 2 numerically using: vectors, graphs, calculations Analyze systems of forces in 1 and 2 dimensions using Phy.1.2.2 -- free body diagrams Forces & Motion Explain forces using Newton’s laws and the universal law Phy.1.2.3 1 of gravitation Explain the effects of forces on objects: weight, normal, Phy.1.2.4 -- tension, friction) Analyze basic forces related to rotation (centripetal Phy.1.2.5 1 force) Analyze motion of objects in elastic & inelastic collisions Phy.1.3.1 using conservation of momentum and conservation of 2 energy Analyze the motion of objects based on relationship Phy.1.3.2 2 between momentum and impulse Phy.2.1.1 Interpret graphical and numerical data on work & energy 2 Energy: Compare potential & kinetic energy and conservation of Conservation & Phy.2.1.2 2 total mechanical energy Transfer Phy.2.1.3 Explain the relationship among: work, power, energy 2 Analyze the energy of waves using: wavelength, period, Phy.2.2.1 2 frequency, amplitude, wave velocity Analyze wave behaviors in terms of: reflection, Phy.2.2.2 2 refraction, interference Compare characteristics and behavior of mechanical and Phy.2.2.3 -- electromagnetic waves: sound & light Phy.2.3.1 Explain Ohm’s law 1 Differentiate behavior of moving charges in conductors & Phy.2.3.2 -- insulators Phy.2.3.3 Compare the characteristics of AC & DC systems 1 Phy.2.3.4 Analyze electric systems in terms of: energy & power 4 Analyze systems with multiple potential differences and Phy.2.3.5 1 resistors in series and parallel circuits Explain the properties of the interactions of charged Phy.3.1.1 2 objects Phy.3.1.2 Explain the geometries and magnitudes of electric fields 1 Explain how Coulomb’s law relates to the electrostatic Phy.3.1.3 2 interactions among charged objects Explain mechanisms for producing electrostatic charges Phy.3.1.4 2 Interactions of including: friction, conduction, induction Energy & Matter Explain how differences in electrostatic potentials relate Phy.3.1.5 -- to potential energy of charged objects Explain the relationship between magnetic domains and Phy.3.2.1 1 magnetism Phy.3.2.2 Explain how electric currents produce magnetic fields 2 Explain how transformers and power distributions are Phy.3.2.3 1 applications of electromagnetism * Some objectives not designated with tested items (i.e., “–”) may be a prerequisite standard, may be tested within the context of another standard, or may be included as an embedded field test item.