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AP Calculus Updated 05 November 2009 |
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AP Calculus teaches university level Calculus to secondary students who are ready to begin the study of the Calculus. The College Board sets the topics to be covered and provides an examination in May to verify completion and understanding of the material by students. The State of California has also defined its Standards for Calculus.
This course has two distinct goals:
- First, to learn and appreciate Calculus as both a significant mathematical/scientific tool and as a human achievement.
- Second, to prepare for the College Board’s Advanced Placement Examination in Calculus (AB or BC) which will be given on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Passing this examination may earn you college credit when you enroll in a four year institution in the Fall of 2009.
Current Information Updated 5 November 2009
Our AP Exam Track Record Since the 1998-1999 School Year:
|
School Year |
Students Taking the Exam |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Percent Scoring 3 or Greater |
Mean Score |
| 2008-2009 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 62% | 3.1 |
| 2007-2008 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 67% | 3.1 |
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2006-2007 |
27 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
67% |
2.9 |
|
2005-2006 |
30 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
14 |
4 |
70% |
3.4 |
|
2004-2005 |
19 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
89% |
4.1 |
|
2003-2004 |
27 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
67% |
3.2 |
|
2002-2003 |
24 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
67% |
3.3 |
|
2001-2002 |
20 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
80% |
3.5 |
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2000-2001 |
14 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
64% |
3.4 |
|
1999-2000 |
23 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
61% |
3.0 |
|
1998-1999 |
17 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
76% |
3.2 |
|
11 Year Totals |
257 |
26 |
53 |
53 |
71 |
49 |
69% | 3.3 |
Since 2002, BC students have earned an AB subscore in addition to their BC score. When tabulating results in the table above, the higher of the BC or AB subscore has been considered in order to render a record indicating the number of students earning passing scores. In no instance have both scores been counted in an attempt to make the outcomes look better.
Links to AP Calculus Resources:
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The College Board
Calculus Graphics from Penn State University
Cram Central AP Preparation
Calculus-Help.Com, an award winning calculus page by W. Michael Kelley of the University of Maryland. -
David Wright is a Calculus teacher in Washington.
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Java animations of Calculus concepts from Japan.
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Texas Instruments offers archives of programs for their line of graphing calculators.
Visual Calculus, a series of tutorials and examples from the Mathematics Department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Instructor is
Tom
James. E-mail your
comments:
If you are interested, here
is a short bio
about Mr. James.