These are posts on how to teach. Suggestions for your classroom on Planning, scoring and grading, mathematical structure, technology, and graphing calculator use.
Planning the year
Pacing for AP Calculus – Suggestions for planning the year.
Lesson Plans – The Calc-medic.com website offers FREE lesson plans for AP Calculus
Getting Started – Suggestion for getting ready to plan the year.
The First and Second Day of School Tips for getting started
For Any – For Every – For All – Three phrases that mean the same thing. Use them all every time!
The First Week – A contribution from Paul Forester about getting started with the calculus
Your AP IPR – how to use your instructional planning report from the College Board
Flipping and Flipping (Part 2) – Thoughts on flipping your classroom by Guest Blogger Bobby Barber.
Using AP Questions All Year – suggestions on adapting AP questions.
When are we ever…? – Guest Blogger Allan Wolmer gives his answer to the student question we never want to hear, but hear always.
Teaching How to Read Mathematics – Hints and suggestions
Calculus Camp – Guest blogger Robert Vriesman talks about his calculus review camp.
Instructional Approaches for AP Calculus – From the 2016 CED, but not the 2019 CED. A good list and a good reference
Scoring and Grading
What is a Solution? – A meditation on “the answer.”
On Grading – adapting AP style grading to your test. Also, using True or False questions
On Scaling – A percentage grade tells you nothing.
Scoring Different Versions of the Same Test
Percentages Don’t Make the Grade – On grading tests, quizzes, etc.
“Easier” Exams – How AP Exam scores are determined.
Is this going to be on the exam? More on the AP Calculus exams
Does Simplifying Make Things Simpler? – Yes, no, and maybe
Mathematical Structure
Theorems = Notes on learning theorems.
Theorems and Axioms – Notes on theorems and axioms.
Definitions – Notes on learning definitions.
Definitions 2 – How to write a definition and therefore what to look for in your textbook’s definition.
Proof – To prove or not to prove.
Then there is this – Existence Theorems – Explains existence theorems.
Technology
iPads – Using iPads in the classroom
Apt Apps – 1 – Good Grapher Pro a great graphing app for iPads.
Apt Apps – 2 – Apps for note taking: iAnnotate PDF, Notability, Penultimate, Educreations, Doceri, ShowMe, Whiteboard. Socrative is a student response system that I’ve used to good effect. Splashtop.
Apt Apps – 1 – Good Grapher Pro a great graphing app for iPads.
Apt Apps – 2 – Apps for note taking: iAnnotate PDF, Notability, Penultimate, Educreations, Doceri, ShowMe, Whiteboard. Socrative is a student response system that I’ve used th good effect. Splashtop.
“A Little Calculus” – An iPad app that shows all the main applications needed for calculus.
Teaching Calculus 