Ranking Task Exercises in Physics: Student Edition, 1st edition

Ranking Task Exercises in Physics are an innovative type of conceptual exercise that asks students to make comparative judgments about variations on a particular physicals situation.  It includes 200 exercises covering classical physics and optics.

• 218 Ranking Task Exercises, covering all of Classical Physics—Gives students ample opportunity to work these unique exercises.

• Unique Ranking Task structure—Designed for clarity, the exercises consist of four elements:

  • 1) a description of the physical situation, including any constraints and the basis for ranking different arrangements;

  • 2) a set of figures showing the different arrangements of the situation to be compared;

  • 3) a place to record the ranking of each variation;

  • 4) a place to explain the reason for each ranking choice.