AP CALCULUS AB OREGON APSI
Eliel Gonzalez, Instructor
AUGUST 2023
eliel_gonzalez@comcast.net
Mathematical Practices in AP Calc AB
Course at Glance (8 major units)
Course Exam Description: Units at Glance, Unit Guides (topics, pacing, skills, big ideas) and Learning Objectives
Pre-Calculus, Access, Placement, Graphing Calculators
AB EXAM Overview: format, scoring, sample exams
Motivation in AP Calc: Building A Successful AP Calculus Program – Expectations
AP Calculus Textbooks/AP Central/Resources
Assessing Student Learning in Calc AP
Content, Planning, and Teaching/Learning and Instructional Strategies:
“Particle” Problems/Motion (units 4 and 8)
Related Rates and Implicit Differentiation (units 3 and 4)
Resource Materials for Teaching AP Calculus
Slope Field and Differential Equations Clinic (unit 7)
Teaching Area and Volume (unit 8)
Teaching the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (unit 6)
Riemann Sums (unit 6)
Average Rate vs. Average Value (units 1 and 8)
L’Hopital’s Rule (unit 4)
Continuity and Differentiability (units 1 and 2)
MVT, IVT, EVT Theorems (units 1, 5)
Relative Extrema, Absolute Extrema (unit 5)
Global Review for AP Exam (Free Response/Mult Choice)
AP Exam 2023/Free Response/Other Free Response
AP Community: Online Formative Assessments/Personal Progress Checks/AP Classroom/Scoring FRQ/Instructional Planning Reports
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