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Institute Advanced Placement Program 2008
Calculus AB
Location
and time
June
23-27, 2008
Mon.-Thurs, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Fri., 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
This
institute takes place at the University of Delaware Downtown
Center, 8th and King Streets, Wilmington. (Click
here for driving directions.)
Instructor
Christinia
M. Frazier, School District of Philadelphia
College Board Consultant
Christinia
M. Frazier, has been a teacher for over 30 years with the
School District of Philadelphia. She received her BS from
the Pennsylvania State University and her MA for the Villanova
University. Christinia has over 25 years experience with the
AP Calculus and Statistics programs and has been an AP Reader
for Calculus for the past five years. She is currently a consultant
for The College Board, leading workshops for AP Calculus,
Pre-AP Math, and Vertical Teams. Christinia has taught AP
Calculus one-week workshops at the Penn State Great Valley
Campus, and The Bolles School, in Jacksonville, FL.
Course
description
This course
will provide a complete overview of the AP Calculus course
and is appropriate for teachers who are both new to the course
or experienced seeking new strategies and methods to improve
their calculus programs. The course will focus on instructional
strategies for helping students learn calculus concepts and
techniques. Participants will get a deeper understanding of
the concepts and techniques of calculus. We will focus on
the College Board outline for Calculus, with special emphasis
on those topics that have changed most recently due to calculus
reform and the introduction of technology.
We will
emphasize a multi-representational, approach to the concepts
in the topical outline including concepts of the derivative,
linear approximations, related rates, optimization, techniques
and concepts of the integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus,
areas, volumes, accumulating rates of change, approximation
techniques for the definite integral, working with functions
defined as integrals, slope fields, differential equations,
and series approximations of functions.
There
will be time built into the week for the group to share, discuss
and explore problems together. Participants will examine the
reading and scoring process including scoring sample exams.
Participants should bring the calculator they will be using
in their classes. Also, participants are asked to bring copies
of a favorite lesson or activity to share with other participants
(20 copies please).
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