Heather in VA Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 AB tests material typically covered in one semester - in a Calculus I class. BC tests material typically covered in two semesters in college - Calculus I and II. When taking this test' date=' a break-out score is given for the AB material in addition to the score for the BC. A typical high school calculus course usually doesn't cover enough to take the BC test - this is often done in 3 or 4 semesters. With the OP's student's path in math, she should have time for both Calculus I and II and possibly more.[/quote'] When I was in high school (back in the stone age) I took only BC Calculus and it took a year. There were two different courses given AB or BC and typically you took one or the other. The AP exam I took was BC Calculus. I am pretty sure it's the same in our public schools now. However, my daughter's closest friends from whom I get most of my 'what's going on in public school' info go to an IB school rather than AP and they call their math something different than the traditional sequence (although the content is the same). Both of her closest friends are seniors this year so hopefully I'll get to take a gander at their math book and see. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 I wondered about whether she had done them simultaneously or had done LOF first when I read your earlier description. Your description above fits my experience with my dd that I tried AoPS alg with. B/c she had already completed MUS alg/geo (which is incredibly easy) when she started w/AoPS,she already knew the material as she encountered it. We only went through chpt 3 or 4 in the AoPS book before the end of the school yr (she had finished MUS in early Feb or Mar). She asked me to let her go into Foersters instead of going back to AoPS when we started back this yr b/c she didn't like the way AoPS presented the material. I think the issue w/dd was the fact since she already knew the material covered in those chapters that she saw it as simply repetitive information and in addition she didn't like the way it presented b/c it wasn't as clearly explained as it was already in her head. There was no discovery b/c she already knew it. Looking back, I wish I had sat down and figured out where we could have jumped into the text vs. just going through it from the beginning b/c I think my lack of discerning how to use the text was to her detriment. Oh well, she has been using Foerster for 5 wks and is perfectly happy in it. But.....I have used it many times and we only skim the first 5 chpts and only slow down when we get to new material in chpt 6. Dd is very good in math, but she doesn't like it at all. She actually dislikes it immensely. So, I am not going to push the AoPS issue w/her even though I do know that it covers far more material and at greater depth than what she will get. I am comfortable that Foerster will provide her w/what she needs for whatever she wants to do. It is disappointing though. Her older brother LOVES AoPS so much. (but, perhaps that is why she is biased against it. :tongue_smilie:) This sounds familiar. I think that's what happened here as well. There was just no discovery. While my dd doesn't immensely dislike math, she isn't in love either. And she gets upset when I start piling on math just because she's ahead and can do it. It's like I'm punishing her for being good at it. I have a copy of Foerster that I use as a kind of test to be sure she can do traditional work. She's never had a problem so I figure she's learning it well - why make her miserable. LOL about her and her brother. Sounds just like here. If my oldest loves something, you can be sure my middle will whine. She'll actually tell me ahead of time - well L liked it, so I won't LOL. :lol::lol: Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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