DESCRIPTION

This workshop will start with an examination of the syllabus for the 2008 AP* Calculus Exam(s). From there, most of the major topics in the syllabus will be covered. All topics will be approached from a "reformed calculus" point of view with the use of the TI-83 or TI-89 graphing calculator. The term "reformed calculus" means using the Rule of Four, which examines concepts from symbolic, numeric, graphic, and descriptive points of view. Emphasis will be on understanding, rather than computation. Broad concepts and widely applicable methods, rather than details and special tricks, will be emphasized. The Institute will cover the AB syllabus with extra time being devoted to special concerns or BC topics.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Monday	June 23		Tuesday	June 24
8:00-9:00	Registration		7:30-9:00	Breakfast
9:00-9:15	Welcome		9:00-10:15	Derivatives
9:15-10:30	Introductions/Acorn Book/Syllabus		10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-10:45	Break		10:30-Noon	Mean Value Theorem
10:45-Noon	Limits		Noon-1:00	Working Lunch - Best Practices
Noon-1:00	Working Lunch - Best Practices		1:00-2:45	Function Graphing
1:00-2:45	Asymptotic/Unbounded Behavior		2:45-3:00	Break
2:45-3:00	Break		3:00-4:30	Maple Lab
3:00-4:30	Continuity

Wednesday	June 25		Thursday	June 26
7:30-9:00	Breakfast		7:30-9:00	Breakfast
9:00-10:15	Riemann Sums - Definite Integral		9:00-10:15	Infinite Series
10:15-10:30	Break		10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-Noon	Fundamental Theorem of Calculus		10:30-Noon	Grading the Free Response Section
Noon-1:00	Working Lunch - Best Practices		Noon-1:00	Working Lunch - Best Practices
1:00-2:45	Applications of Integration		1:00-2:30	Problem Session
2:45-3:00	Break		2:30-2:45	Break
3:00-4:30	Numerical Approximation of Integrals		2:45-4:30	Teaching AP Calculus/Evaluation
			4:30-6:00	Closing Dinner/Remarks

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QUESTIONS

Jim Hartman Mathematics and Computer Science Department The College of Wooster Wooster, OH 44691 330-263-2239 hartman@wooster.edu

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