Lake County Schools
Investing In Excellence!
College and Career Readiness
Academic Services
April 2013
AP Seminar
For
AP STATISTICS
Academic Services
April 2013
Community Builder:
Just like me…..
1.
2.
3.
4.
One person begins introducing
themselves to the group
When another person in the
audience hears something the
previous person shared that is
“just like them” the chime in say “
that’s just like me”
The person that chimed in saying
“ that’s just like me” begins
introducing themselves starting
with the connection from the
previous person.
Repeat step 2 and 3 until all
members in the audience have
introduced themselves.
Bellwork: Community Builder
I DO
•Instructor will review the 21st
Centry skills and AP success stats
with students and make a
conncetion to the AP Seminar
•Instructor will review specific
content for AP course of study
WE DO
•Instructor and students will
utilize test taking strategies to
answer multiple choice and free
response answers
Learning Goal: Learners will
understand and implement effective test
taking strategies for passing AP exams.
Benchmarks:
Strategic Plan Goal # 1
Increased Student Achievement
Objective
April 6 & April 27 2013
AP Seminar
CBC
•Learners will: utilize content
knowledge learned in AP courses coupled with
effective test taking strategies to increase pass rate
by completing practice AP test questions
•Students will utilize materials
YOU DO from the AP Seminar to study for
AP exam
Essential Question:
How do we revolutionize the way we teach, lead,
and learn for 21st century success?
Common Language:
•Advanced Placement
•Effective Strategies
Exit Activity
Students will share with the class one
strategy or tip they will use on exam day
NEXT STEPS:
1. Utilize new learning and implement on AP exam
2. Continue to study for AP exam
21st Century Skills
Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap
1. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
2. Collaboration and Leadership
3. Agility and Adaptability
4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
5. Effective Oral and Written Communication
6. Accessing and Analyzing Information
7. Curiosity and Imagination
Academic Services
Positive Statistics
Hurray Lake County Schools
Lake County Schools….
– Named to the College Board District
Honor Roll
Content Overview
• What you need to know about the Exam
• Test Taking Tips
• Formulas & Calculator use
• Sample Multiple Choice Questions
• Sample Free Response Questions
What you need to Know
The Format of the Exam:
Topics on the Exam
Topics on the Exam
Topics on the Exam
Topics on the Exam
How the Exam is Graded
• Multiple Choice: 50% of your grade
– 1 point for each correct
– 0 points for incorrect/blank
• Free Response: 50 % of your grade
– Each question is graded on a scale of 0-4
– Questions 1-5 = 75% of FR grade
– Question 6 = 25% of FR grade
Final Grade Calculations
What to Bring
• Several #2 pencils (and a pencil sharpener) and a good eraser
that doesn't leave smudges
• Black or blue colored pens for the free-response section; some
students like to use two colors to make their graphs stand out for
the reader
• One or two graphing calculators with fresh batteries
• A watch so that you can monitor your time
• Your school code
• A simple snack if the test site permits it
• Your photo identification and social security number
• A light jacket if you know that the test site has strong air
conditioning
• Tissues
What Not to Bring
• A calculator that is not approved for the AP Statistics
Exam (for example, anything with a QWERTY
keyboard)
• A CELL PHONE, beeper, PDA, or walkie-talkie
• Books, a dictionary, study notes, flash cards,
highlighting pens, correction fluid / white-out, any other
office supplies
• Scrap paper or post-it notes
• Portable music of any kind: no CD players, MP3
players, or iPods
• Panic or fear: it's natural to be nervous, but you can
comfort yourself that you have prepared yourself well,
and that there is no room for fear on your exam
General Tips
1. Look over the entire exam first
2. Don’t spend too much time on any one
question
4. Be NEAT!!!
6. Look at graphs carefully
7. Make sure you have new batteries
8. Bring extra pencils and a good eraser
9. Get a good nights sleep
Tips for Multiple Choice
1. Read carefully
2. Try to understand the question before you
look at the answers
3. Understand that distracters are meant to look
reasonable
4. Draw a picture
5. Make sure you are bubbling for the current
question.
6. If an answer is way too obvious it probably
is.
Tips for Free Response
1. Read all parts of a question before
beginning
2. WRITE LEGIBILY!!!!!!!
3. Use complete sentences
4. Translate calculations into sentence form
5. Write answers in context of the problem
6. Only answer the question being asked
7. Simplify numeric answers if possible
8. Don’t just write the formula – plug in the
numbers.
Tips for Free Response
9. Don’t round too soon / Avoid “calculator
speak”
10. Do not give multiple answers to the same
question
11. Paragraphs are not always necessary
12. Do not let Question 6 throw you off your
game. It is meant to be something you don’t
know much about.
13. Start with question1 then do question 6
14. For graphs, label and scale the axes!!!
Tips for Free Response
15. Read before you plug!
16. Pick up key words in the directions
17. Do not assume that the grader will know
what you are referring to
18. Space in not an indicator of how much to
write.
19. If you cannot get an answer to one part of
the question, make up a plausible answer to
use in the remaining parts of the problem
Calculator Use
• Make sure you know how to enter
formulas into your calculator.
• Make sure you know what test is for
what
• Write the formula (with numbers) if you
know it.
• Answers with no supporting work or
description do not get any credit.
Formulas
• Take time to learn the use of each
formula on the formula sheet
• Past students have said that there are
some MC questions with formulas
• So . . . How good are you???
Let’s See if you can answer the
following?
Sample Formula
Question
In a large population of college students,
20% of the students have experienced
feelings of math anxiety. If you take a
random sample of 10 students from the
population the standard deviation would
be:
a)
0.2(1  0.2)
10
b)
10(0.2)(1  0.2)
c)
0 .2
10
Sample Formula
Question
The following output was provided to
calculate the formula for a least square
regression line.
x  166.8 s x  31.0 y  78.83 s y  9.11 r  0.461
Which equation represents the slope of
the line?
a)
 9.11 
.0461

 31 
b)
 31 
.0461

 9.11 
c)
 78.3 
.0461

 166.8 
Sample Formula
Question
A college basketball player makes 5/6
of his free throws. Assuming free throw
attempts are independent, the
probability that he makes exactly three
of his next four free throws is
a)
1
4 
6
3
1
5
 
6
b)
1
1
 
6
5
 
6
3
c)
1
1
4 
6
5
 
6
4
Multiple Choice Activity
• You have 20 minutes to complete 1-3 in
each of the multiple choice sets
• Compare your answers with your
shoulder partner
• Compare your answers to correct
answers
Free Response
• Create Groups
• Discuss with your group the following:
– What is the question asking us to do?
– What calculations are necessary?
– Do you need to make an interpretation
based on the calculation or will the
calculation be the answer?
• Review as a class
Exit Activity
• With a shoulder partner, turn and talk
about one strategy you will utilize on
your AP exam and why.
Lake County Schools
Investing In Excellence!
College and Career Readiness
Academic Services
April 2013