I think Emily Morgan has brought up an important issue that has mostly been
ignored with regards to AP courses and college credit. While there is the
danger that a student who took AP courses may not be ready for that
advanced course (which if that's true they can easily drop after the first
week),
I took a lot of AP classes in highschool - biology, calculus,
statistics, physics, etc.
I also switched from AP chemistry to a chemistry course at Indiana
University halfway through the year - but that was only possible because
my highschool was experimenting with a semester rather than full-y
cake either.
Dr. Melissa Barlett
Mohawk Valley Community College
Utica, NY
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Thanks Merran & Melanie,
I would have to agree. I had an incredible biology teacher;my high school
anatomy and physiology class was more rigorous than many of the science
classes I took in college. I certainly would disagree with the statement
that when students are taking AP Bio they are not gett
It has been interesting to read the responses to this topic.
Speaking from my own personal experience and having taken AP Bio in high
school, I did feel that yes, the ecology portion was a bit rushed because
it was towards the end of the curriculum. We had to study a bit of material
on our own bec
This was my experience:
I took many different AP classes in high school, and while maybe I was just
lucky enough to have a good public school, the classes were rigorous and my
classmates were bright. Most importantly, we were in those classes because
we wanted to be and were interested in the sub
Personal anecdote:
While conducting part of a workshop for HS teachers, I gave them 20 minutes of
my freshman Intro Bio lecture on basic chemistry concepts (what's an atom, what
are the types of molecular bonds, the really simple stuff that I shouldn't have
to cover in college).
After the 20 m
n behalf of David L.
McNeely
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Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Treatment of Ecology in AP classes
I can't speak directly to the question of whether the classes provide adequate
coverage of any given topic. Consulting the AP web site confirms
David L. McNeely
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 10:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Treatment of Ecology in AP classes
I can't speak directly to the question of whether the classes provide adequate
coverage of any given topic. Consulting the AP web site con
I can't speak directly to the question of whether the classes provide adequate
coverage of any given topic. Consulting the AP web site confirms your
suspicion that ecology coverage comes last in the course. And of course,
whether any given topic is covered adequately is strictly dependent on t
Jeff,
While I have not graded the AP biology exam, I have graded other exams, and as
far as content covered, you really have to consider what the exams covers
versus what is being taught in the classroom. I have found that how material
is covered can vary widely between class, but all the inst
Hello-
Course coverage from the AP Biology web page:
-Molecules and Cells, 25%
-Heredity and Evolution, 25%
-Organisms and Populations, 50%
Generally, high school AP classes have more contact hours than the
corresponding college-level course so I do not think that they would drop
content, but that
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