Anonymous
10/24/2023 07:19
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you need a tutor to do well in an AP course, you should not be taking an AP course. Have your kid switch out of the AP version and into honors or regular. Make the jump to AP next year with another year of maturity and math foundation under their belt.
There is no honors course, it was replaced by this. And this is a brand new course, they're just making all of it up as they go.
The entire concept of AP Precalc is dumb. College Board has jumped the shark.
There are colleges that offer Precalc as a course for non STEM majors. This course is for them. Somehow FCPS decided to replace honors with it. Not sure it was the correct call.
Anonymous
10/24/2023 07:18
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:If you need a tutor to do well in an AP course, you should not be taking an AP course. Have your kid switch out of the AP version and into honors or regular. Make the jump to AP next year with another year of maturity and math foundation under their belt.
That's a dumb take. Kids have tutors in college and graduate. I have a B.S. and Masters in Engineering (EE and also minored in math). I used peer tutoring and had a private tutor sometimes in college. I'm now a successful engineer. And probably, much to your horror, I also used the writing center sometimes.
Kids needing a tutor is not an indication they don't belong in a class. Maybe they need more repitition than the class allows, maybe the teacher sucks, maybe the teacher has a heavy accent, maybe the teacher is great but they need to see the course from different angles/approaches.
Anonymous
10/24/2023 06:42
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:If you need a tutor to do well in an AP course, you should not be taking an AP course. Have your kid switch out of the AP version and into honors or regular. Make the jump to AP next year with another year of maturity and math foundation under their belt.
There is no honors course, it was replaced by this. And this is a brand new course, they're just making all of it up as they go.
The entire concept of AP Precalc is dumb. College Board has jumped the shark.
Anonymous
10/24/2023 06:29
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's my understanding that FCPS is teaching AP precalc the same as the old precalc class - so any textbook or study guide for precalc who work.
They're teaching differently and they are testing differently too, like the testing would be on AP tests, with Free Response Questions, etc.
It seems very difficult at our school. A step up from honors, which makes sense, given the 1.0 bump, but our school stopped offering honors so here my DC is.
This. It is definitely not the same.
Anonymous
10/24/2023 05:27
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
If you need a tutor to do well in an AP course, you should not be taking an AP course. Have your kid switch out of the AP version and into honors or regular. Make the jump to AP next year with another year of maturity and math foundation under their belt.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 18:36
Subject: Re:AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader has a C+ currently. Always As in previous courses. She says she understands it, but is choking on tests and quizzes.
Same for my kid.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 18:10
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
It’s the first year of the course anywhere, so resources are slim this year until stuff gets created. We are all building the airplane as it flies.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 17:02
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Same, OP. Same. I'm not too worried about it.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 16:10
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:It's my understanding that FCPS is teaching AP precalc the same as the old precalc class - so any textbook or study guide for precalc who work.
They're teaching differently and they are testing differently too, like the testing would be on AP tests, with Free Response Questions, etc.
It seems very difficult at our school. A step up from honors, which makes sense, given the 1.0 bump, but our school stopped offering honors so here my DC is.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 13:30
Subject: Re:AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
My 10th grader has a C+ currently. Always As in previous courses. She says she understands it, but is choking on tests and quizzes.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 13:26
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:Looking to point DC in the direction for some help. Not failing or anything but this is the first hard math class taken (gotten As in honors Alg. 1, 2, and Geom.) DC is hanging in there but def needs to bring up the grade a bit. This is the first time this class has been taught at the school and, also, DC is having some issues with how the teacher presents the material (though likes the teacher as a person). Kid is also in season for a sport so isn't able to come to meet after school w/o pissing off the coaches (that will change in a few weeks and so I expect that will help).
We're looking at a tutor for some additional practice / help but looking for some thing (online or whatever) to do. All of the things I've found are the prep books for the exam.
I don't have resources, other than a tutor, but came to let you know you're not alone. DD was high A's in Alg. 1, 2, and Geom (all honors) but has a B+ in AP Precalc. She is struggling. She has a test coming up so we will see how helpful the tutor has been.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 13:00
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
It's my understanding that FCPS is teaching AP precalc the same as the old precalc class - so any textbook or study guide for precalc who work.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 12:47
Subject: Re:AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Anonymous wrote:Pre-calculus should not be offered in Virginia schools.
Ok, next.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 12:43
Subject: Re:AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Pre-calculus should not be offered in Virginia schools.
Anonymous
10/23/2023 11:36
Subject: AP Pre-calculus resources/study guides
Looking to point DC in the direction for some help. Not failing or anything but this is the first hard math class taken (gotten As in honors Alg. 1, 2, and Geom.) DC is hanging in there but def needs to bring up the grade a bit. This is the first time this class has been taught at the school and, also, DC is having some issues with how the teacher presents the material (though likes the teacher as a person). Kid is also in season for a sport so isn't able to come to meet after school w/o pissing off the coaches (that will change in a few weeks and so I expect that will help).
We're looking at a tutor for some additional practice / help but looking for some thing (online or whatever) to do. All of the things I've found are the prep books for the exam.
We're looking at a tutor for some additional practice / help but looking for some thing (online or whatever) to do. All of the things I've found are the prep books for the exam.