I suspect that there's a lot of variation. Thinking back to the distant past when my kids were in high school, some of the high school math teachers teaching AP math had barely as much math as they were teaching. Remember, a teaching degree in math education can require fewer actual math courses than an undergraduate math minor. On the other hand, one son went on to get a doctorate in math and now grades AP math! But he never took a high school math course (we made other arrangements).
On Oct 19, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Rick Froman wrote: > I’m not at AP-affiliated Tipster (but I have a colleague who is) and I don’t > see much problem with the AP system as far as giving credit for college > classes for high scores. Most high school classes will meet five times a week > for an academic hour as opposed to college classes that meet three times a > week so there is a lot more time available to cover material and do various > other activities (even with the usual HS time wasters). The only part of the > program I see as a scam has to do with cases where very low percentages of > students taking the AP classes at some schools do not pass the test. That > pass rate should be publicized to potential students and their parents. We > had a high school AP class in our town (not Psychology) where an extremely > low percentage of students in the class passed the test and, as far as I > know, the same teacher is still teaching it. That is troubling but it really > has nothing to do with the college equivalence granted to students who pass > the test at a high level. > > Rick > > Dr. Rick Froman, Chair > Division of Humanities and Social Sciences > Professor of Psychology > Box 3519 > John Brown University > 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 > [email protected] > (479) 524-7295 > http://bit.ly/DrFroman > > From: drnanjo [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 3:01 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] AP Classes are a Scam > http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/ap-classes-are-a-scam/263456/ > Sharing this because a few of my fellow TIPsters are veteran readers. > > Wondering what they (and other not AP-affiliated Tipsters) think about this. > > Happy approximately mid-semester to you and yours... Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=21188 or send a blank email to leave-21188-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
