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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Voters elected an administration which supported this proposal.  [b]I don’t get the outrage.[/b][/quote]

Ignorance. 
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People are outraged because they don't understand the changes. They are speculating and coming up with all sorts of doomsday scenarios.

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Someone sent an e-mail and received a reply from Tina that they are eliminating tracking.  It is not speculation, nor that they are eliminating algebra and geometry and replacing them with integrated math 9 and integrated math 10.[/quote]

The speculation is around the course options & specific path for AP Calculus & IB.

The doomsday scenario that everyone will suffer without tracking is also speculation.

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They gave the list of classes to be available, and it is pretty obvious with algebra in 9th and geometry in 10th.
I enquired about the pathway to taking calculus, specific courses.  I have not gotten a response yet.

People have already seen this in elementary school, how these group projects work.  They have enough evidence not to believe the hype.
There was a Railside study that implemented the elimination of tracking and EMP classes.  [b]The school eventually dropped the EMP and scores improved.[/b][/quote]

Citation from legit source?

And we still haven’t seen the path for AP calculus so just speculating.... 
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Besides the sources, I checked out the high school itself.  It looks like it reimplemented the integrated math model in 2017-2018, so they clearly dropped it prior to that.  Don't know about tracking.

I took a look at the assignments for AP Calculus AB at that school.  The first one with problems it says the teacher will pick 3-6 problems to grade(out of about 20), and it will be the same for each student.

Given an arbitrary graph, f(x), and picking an arbitrary point, (x,y), on the graph, we can draw/sketch a tangent line.
Provide strategies or steps to figure out the slope of the tangent line.

NO NEED TO TURN IN ANYTHING; JUST HAVE YOUR GROUP'S IDEA READY TO PRESENT ON FRIDAY!

[ASYNCH] FlipGrid Video Submission
For your GROUP A or GROUP B assignment/explanation, please record a short video with your cell or your webcam explaining your strategy!

Final Assignment

You are to write a 1-2-page, double-spaced reflection paper on your experiences from this AP Calculus course so far. These experiences are not limited to just the academic ones within the classroom walls. You may share any personal experiences, challenges, and successes that you have encountered during this school year. This is a paper to summarize your personal and academic growth in the world of mathematics, seeing that you have successfully made it through one semester of the most rigorous mathematics course that San Lorenzo High School has to offer DURING A FRICKIN' PANDEMIC! You may also include any feedback on the course, as each AP Calculus class helps mold the course for the upcoming semester.

Grammar, spelling, and syntax will all be evaluated in the grading of this paper. The expectation of the quality of this paper will be near a college-level standard of writing, so please submit the finest literary masterpiece that you have ever written for any high school math course.

[EXTRA CREDIT]
1) Listen to the song in the YouTube link

2) In the attached Google Doc, write two paragraphs (3-5 sentences each):
a) - What is the meaning of this song? Use specific examples from the song, if you can, to prove your point.
b) - Does this song apply to you in your life/school/family? Explain how it does or does not.

[EXTRA CREDIT] Black History Month
In the attached Google Doc, type a one-page document:
a) First half of the page: Give me a short biography about your most inspirational member or members of the African-American community (past or present).
b) Second half of the page: Tell me how or why this person has impacted your own personal life.

[EXTRA CREDIT] Women's History Month
In the attached Google Doc, type a one-page document:
a) First half of the page: Give me a short biography about your a female inventor (past or present).

b) Second half of the page: Tell me how or why this person's invention has impacted your own personal life
- OR -
b) Second half of the page: Tell me how this person has impacted your own personal life.

[EXTRA CREDIT] Autism Awareness Month
In the attached Google Doc, type a one-page document:
a) First half of the page: Give me a short history about autism in the US. (when was it discovered, when was it classified as a disorder, what work is being done for it today?)

b) Second half of the page: Tell me about a time where you interacted with a person who may have had intellectual disabilities. Were you nice, or were you mean? Would you have done anything differently if you could go back? OR...maybe YOU have a diagnosed or undiagnosed intellectual disability - Do you feel like it impacts your daily life? What strategies have you used to cope with it?
Created by John Giang: Friday, April 2 11:47 AM

[SYNCH QUIZ] Chapter 4.1 Group Quiz

It does look like they tried to do derivatives all thru February, and are now rushing on the integrals, but it's not clear.

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