TJ Summer Research stats
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Anonymous
What percentage roughly? 50% 60% |
Anonymous
Don't know about the accurate number. Only from DS' words. |
Anonymous
| My son was one of them. He said a lot of A- Final was easy. |
Anonymous
| RS1 class is all about getting data into a template and using functions on the calculator, no? and then understanding how to interpret the resulting values in the context of the research. What is so hard about that. |
Anonymous
. Because TJ. Full stop. But, it is likely that the RS1 summer class was much, much easier than the school year version. My DC did summer CS. School year CS is not a cakewalk, and his 2 B+ s freshman year were math and Bio-- the STEM classes as TJ are hardcore. And he worked hard for those grades. (And Design Tech and English and Spanish II, which were As, but not Easy As). But summer CS was an easy A, with absolutely no homework until the last week (final project plus exam). I was shocked when I saw how little work he put in for a strong A. And not just him. Some kids definately got Bs. But more kids he knows got, As and found it much, much easier then a school year TJ StEM class. Plus, kids who have done summer CS in the past have said they are ready for AP CS. The general theory is "much less filler material". If RS ran the same way, then it was probably much easier than the rest of the Math Sequence 4, AP Calc and Beyond). Which should be fine unless you have a kid who plans to take RS 2 (which is AP Stats.). |
Anonymous
Slightly confused about the contradiction here. Summer CS, I guess after freshman year, was easier with very little work needed for A's but kids are ready for APCS ? if they didn't do a lot of work then how are they ready for APCS which is much harder. |
Anonymous
PP on this, and I don't completely know. Summer CS after freshman (it's not offered before) is what all the music kids do (band and orchestra) because there is no other way to make their schedules work. 4 sections of CS this summer. So more than 100 rising sophomores took CS. Because we have a band kid who has talked to many older band kids (and we have talked to their parents) I just know that all the older kids who have gone this route have felt they were ready for APCS, and beyond (including kids who did CS senior research and majored in CS in college) And DH, who is a softwear engineer, went over what DC's syllabus, and agrees he got what he needed for AP CS. I think there is a combo of things going on: The kids have done freshman year, and have learned to cope with TJ classes, and the TJ ropes, so they are starting from a better place than many freshman. And for freshman, it is often that case that grades tank the first quarter while they figure things out, then slowly going up. (At least this was my kid, who started with a B- after first quarter English and ended with an A). There is at least some programming theory they need to pick up to survive freshman year Design Tech (Arduino/ robot projects), so they are not starting from scratch, like some freshman My understanding is that the summer class gets rid of some of the "filler" material, like learning the history of CS, and the technical parts of how CS evolved, machine code, etc, and focuses just on programming. During the summer, kids only do one thing-- CS. They are not balancing 7 classes, plus extracurriculars. And I saw no homework, but DC says they did lots of in class labs, and were able to study in class after finishing labs, quizzed each other during lunch, reviewed noted before a quiz on the bus, etc. Again, they have had freshman year to learn to use time efficiently. On the same note, it is an efficient way to learn a lot of material fast. They are not doing it for 1.5 hours, then switching to Biology, and not seeing it again for a couple of days. So, they make good use of the time in class. And they don't have to review. The tests doesn't require reviewing a month of material. It's what they have done this week. The grading may be easier. IDK if school year CS has homework quizzes, but summer CS did not. And in math and biology, homework quizzes are often where kids take a big grade hit. Also, there was one major project for the summer. But, based on other TJ classes, it would not surprise me if there was a project a quarter during the school year. And maybe I'm missing something else. I just know that I was concerned we were looking at 7 hours a day in class, plus commute, plus all evening and all weekend homework, like the school year. And until the very end, no evening or weekend homework. We nearly did FCPS summer PE 10 instead, which has a terrible reputation for being a PITA that takes over your summer. I'm glad we went with CS. There are not a lot of easy As to be had at TJ. This was an easy A. And really not just for my kid. I ran carpool, and across the board, all the kids said easy A. |
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I saw that someone posted the summer assignments for RS1. Do you have another link for that? Because the new public TJ website is "tjhsst.fcps.edu."
My son is taking RS1 this summer as a rising freshman. Do you have any suggestions on how to be successful? |
Anonymous
quit helicoptering the faster your kid actually learns how to do things the better off they will be |
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Quick question. My son is taking RS1 this week for the summer. Do we need to bring our own calculator or will the school provide one?
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Needs to bring one. TI-84 (or at least that was the model for my rising senior. Not sure if it’s been updated). He will need it for every TJ math class. There used to be a large worksheet to complete before the class. A lot of it dealt with using a Ti-84 for stats and stats methods specifically. Without summer homework this year, the worksheet is gone from the website. You may want to ask on the various class FB pages if anyone has it. If you can find a copy, make your kid work through it. School year RS can slow down a bit and cover this material in class. But, summer RS obviously covers material fast, and the single best thing your kid can do is to know the info on the worksheet— the basic stats and especially how to use the calculator for stats. There are only 13 (??) class meetings. They will have to cover this material very fast. And if your kid is iffy on it, they will have trouble the whole class. Upperclassmen should have it. It might have answers written on it. But it will show the baseline material your kid should know. |
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PP again. Here is the link to the “optional” TJ “summer enrichment opportunities”
https://sites.google.com/view/tjsummer2019enrichment/home?authuser=0 RS1 is under Math. If you don’t get info on a summer assignment separately, I would follow this, enrolled in fall RS1 on blackboard, and have your kid diet up their calculator and review these concepts. RS is likely the easiest math class at TJ. But summer moves fast. |
Anonymous
| The students need to carry a graphing calculator for the class right? Do they need to carry a laptop as well, or is a notebook and pens / pencils enough? |
Anonymous
| What to prepare for final? Started first one with 80. But now low A-. |
Anonymous
| DS started with 80, ended with 94. Looks like homework and project were easy 100% |