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I had mostly seniors with lots of AP experience too. AP Macro+Micro can work a lot better, because there's a few weeks of overlapping material. So it's the di

by mlyle 3y ago

I had mostly seniors with lots of AP experience too. AP Macro+Micro can work a lot better, because there's a few weeks of overlapping material. So it's the difference between fitting 45 hours of instructional material into 50 hours vs. fitting 80-85 into 100. The tight fit annoyed me, as did the strictly graded nature of the course. Two areas of particular annoyance: - I had a cohort of students who had entirely been through AP Calc, but fitting into the explanations expected for HS meant making somewhat bogus algebra based explanations (the slope of this line is double the other one, just because!!). A student who gave a calc-based explanation on the test would probably not get the points (frankly, a lot of the readers would not understand it). - About a third of the students had founded a "Game Theory" club on their own and were off in the weeds exploring game theory. I'd have loved to have taken a couple extra classes on the topic since they were already so interested and engaged, but I had no margin. I was forced to give the very simple 2 person payoff matrix form and leave the topic there. Again, I spent more time encouraging my students to not think too fancy.

alephnerd 3y ago
This low key sounds like the environment in my high school XD. > had a cohort of students who had entirely been through AP Calc, but fitting into the explanations expected for HS meant making somewhat bogus algebra based explanations Yep. I remember that. We had the same problem as well in our class so our teacher spent that month prior to the exams teaching us Econ the Wrong/College Board Way. > I was forced to give the very simple 2 person payoff matrix form and leave the topic there Yep, I remember that too. A bunch of us were CS/Applied Math bound so we ended up expanding further on Optimization Theory and Game Theory via competitive math exams or working with our supportive AP Calc and E&M teachers who taught us how to hone knowledge in both concepts using math.

by mlyle 3y ago

alephnerd 3y ago

This low key sounds like the environment in my high school XD. > had a cohort of students who had entirely been through AP Calc, but fitting into the explanations expected for HS meant making somewhat bogus algebra based explanations Yep. I remember that. We had the same problem as well in our class so our teacher spent that month prior to the exams teaching us Econ the Wrong/College Board Way. > I was forced to give the very simple 2 person payoff matrix form and leave the topic there Yep, I remember that too. A bunch of us were CS/Applied Math bound so we ended up expanding further on Optimization Theory and Game Theory via competitive math exams or working with our supportive AP Calc and E&M teachers who taught us how to hone knowledge in both concepts using math.