AP Calculus AB: High School Only
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AP Calculus AB is designed to be the equivalent of a first semester college calculus course devoted to topics in differential and integral calculus.
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AP Calculus AB focuses on students’ understanding of calculus concepts and provide experience with methods and applications.
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Using big ideas of calculus (e.g., modeling change, approximation and limits, and analysis of functions), the course becomes a cohesive whole, rather than a collection of unrelated topics.
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Students regularly use technology (graphing calculator is necessary) to reinforce relationships among functions, to confirm written work, to implement experimentation, and to assist in interpreting results.
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Before studying calculus, all students should complete the equivalent of four years of secondary mathematics designed for college-bound students: courses that should prepare them with a strong foundation in reasoning with algebraic symbols and working with algebraic structures.
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Prospective calculus students should take 2 years of algebra, geometry, and precalculus with trigonometry.
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Sherman Oaks CES has had a history of students excelling in AP calculus AB. The national yearly passing rate is approximately 50%. Sherman Oaks CES has always had a significantly higher passing rate.
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Last school year, 2019-2020 during the pandemic and fully online teaching and learning our schools passing rate 66.7% with most scores of 4s and 5s. Prior years when teaching and learning in person, Sherman Oaks CES passing rate has been much higher than 2019-2020.
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