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The 5 Commandments of Calculus

Learn how to avoid common communication pitfalls on the AP Calc Exam!

Sarah Stecher

All About Mini-Games

A quick, simple, and fun way to get your class period started.

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Do All the Problems

AP Calc veteran Virge Cornelius is teaching AP Stats for the first time. How did she prepare? By doing all the problems!

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Just Go with the Flow: A New Strategy for Teaching Convergence Tests

Help your students know which convergence test to use when!

Sarah Stecher

Establishing Norms in the Math Classroom

In this post we discuss our math and group work norms and how we introduce and uphold them throughout the year.

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The Toothbrush Example: Type I and Type II Errors

Identifying Type I and Type II Errors can be difficult for students, but not after you guide them using the Toothbrush Example.

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The Last Banana – A New Lesson for Teaching Probability

Challenge students intuition about probability by having them play a game for the last banana.

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Can You Taco Tongue and Evil Eyebrow? Two Lessons for Teaching Probability

Help students to understand two-way tables, Venn diagrams, the General Addition formula, conditional probability, and independence.

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How is College Intro Stats Different from AP Stats?

Erica Chauvet has taught both high school AP Stats and Intro Stats in college. In this post, she compares the two experiences.

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5 Probability Strategies to Try Before Using a Formula

Probability is tough for students. Help them by providing these 5 strategies they can try before using a formula.

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New Collaborative Applets!

Check out all the new collaborative applets that will get your students engaged in collecting data.

Sarah Stecher

Assessments in AP Calculus

At this point in the school year you’re probably getting ready to give your first AP Calculus test. What should the format of the test…