A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
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Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#2The "how" is quite lacking.
Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#3The "how" is quite lacking.
Ok, we took 'how' out of the title above.
Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#4This article is strange. Unless something has changed recently, AP exams do not have a concept of pass or fail. You get a score and colleges can choose to give you college credit based on the score.
I got a 1 on the AP Calculus exam but colleges wanted a 3 or a 4 or a 5 depending on their requirements to give me credit for college calc. So I have no idea what it means to have everybody 'pass'.
I have no doubt he's probably an exceptional teacher. That AP Calculus test was really really hard when I took it a decade ago, but the metrics don't make any sense to me
Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#5This article is strange. Unless something has changed recently, AP exams do not have a concept of pass or fail. You get a score and colleges can choose to give you college credit based on the score. I got a 1 on the AP Calculus exam but colleges wanted a 3 or a 4 or a 5 depending on their requirements to give me credit for college calc. So I have no idea what it means to have everybody 'pass'. I have no doubt he's pr…
Most colleges give credits for 3 and above on AP exams so many people think of a 3 as "passing".
Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#6https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/1...
> Nearly 2.5 million students took a total of almost 4.5 million AP tests overall last year. Of the test-takers, just 322 obtained every point possible on an AP test, and perfect scores were logged on 21 of the 36 AP exams. Here’s the breakdown of those perfect scores:
67 in Computer Science A
55 in Spanish Language and Culture
54 in Microeconomics
36 in German Language and Culture
22 in Macroeconomics
16 in Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio
12 in Calculus AB
11 in Calculus BC
11 in Physics C: Mechanics
7 in Japanese Language and Culture
7 in Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio
4 in Chemistry
4 in Psychology
4 in Italian Language and Culture
3 in U.S. Government and Politics
2 in French Language and Culture
2 in Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
2 in Statistics
2 in U.S. History
2 in Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio
1 in Latin
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Surprisingly low numbers, considering how many hundreds of students ace their calculus tests in college.
Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#7This article is strange. Unless something has changed recently, AP exams do not have a concept of pass or fail. You get a score and colleges can choose to give you college credit based on the score. I got a 1 on the AP Calculus exam but colleges wanted a 3 or a 4 or a 5 depending on their requirements to give me credit for college calc. So I have no idea what it means to have everybody 'pass'. I have no doubt he's pr…
Most colleges give credits for 3 and above on AP exams so many people think of a 3 as "passing".
Source? All the schools I looked at required a 4 or 5.
Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#8The "how" is quite lacking.
Seems pretty clear to me:
Yom says he keeps getting asked if there's some secret recipe for getting students to perform at their highest potential.
"This may sound corny, but you really have to love them," Yom says. "You build this trust, and at that point, whatever you ask them to do, they'll go the extra mile. The recipe is love."
Basically it comes down to soft skills. If people think you care about them they will care about what you want and think and help you achieve things together.
Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#9Re: A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
#10https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/1... > Nearly 2.5 million students took a total of almost 4.5 million AP tests overall last year. Of the test-takers, just 322 obtained every point possible on an AP test, and perfect scores were logged on 21 of the 36 AP exams. Here’s the breakdown of those perfect scores: 67 in Computer Science A 55 in Spanish Language and Culture 54 in Microeconomics 36 in…
What constitutes a perfect score? Is it no longer a 1-5 grade or is this talking about the underlying score before normalizing to a 5 point scale or were there only 322 5s?