Mr. Evans

• AP Statistics

FACTS ABOUT THE AP STATS PROGRAMWHICH YOU WILL NEVER SEE IN THE PAPER OR PUBLICIZED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Past 11 years: 390 students have taken the AP Stats exam, with a 97% pass rate. National pass rate: around 60%.

• Last year, 72 students took the AP Stats exam: 100% pass rate. • Each year, AP Stats students present final projects at our Stats

Fair. – 2010: Kevin Zhang, Sherry Yang. National 1st prize. ASA

Poster Competition

FACTS ABOUT THE AP STATS PROGRAMWHICH YOU WILL NEVER SEE IN THE PAPER OR PUBLICIZED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Teachers Joel Evans (2013) and Bob Lochel (2011) have been recognized nationally as Siemens STEM Fellows, through Discovery Education.

• In the past 3 years, the stats teachers have won grants for over $16,500 in classroom equipment (graphing calculators, video recording).

Education• B.S. in Mathematics from the

University of Texas at Austin in 1992• Masters in teaching from Wilkes

University• Siemens STEM 2013 Fellow• 14th year here at H-H• Huge Movie Fan!

Siemens STEM Fellows 2013

COURSE GOALSCOURSE GOALS

•To complete the course To complete the course syllabus, as submitted to the syllabus, as submitted to the College BoardCollege Board

•To encourage students to To encourage students to think “statistically”think “statistically”

•To encourage further study To encourage further study in statistics-related fieldsin statistics-related fields

COURSE CREDITCOURSE CREDIT

•Satisfies a semester of Satisfies a semester of descriptive (non-calculus based) descriptive (non-calculus based) statistics.statistics.

•Check with colleges for specific Check with colleges for specific requirements.requirements.

•AP Exam on May 13: 1 to 5 AP Exam on May 13: 1 to 5 grade scale grade scale

WHAT AP EXAM WHAT AP EXAM GRADES MEAN…GRADES MEAN…

•5: Extremely Well Qualified (A)5: Extremely Well Qualified (A)

•4: Well Qualified (B)4: Well Qualified (B)

•3: Qualified (C)3: Qualified (C)

•2: Possibly Qualified (D)2: Possibly Qualified (D)

•1: No recommendation…statistically 1: No recommendation…statistically dangerous to himself and others…dangerous to himself and others…

COURSE STRUCTURECOURSE STRUCTURE

•FALL SEMESTER: .5 creditsFALL SEMESTER: .5 credits•Complete chapters 1-6. Complete chapters 1-6. •Develop communication skills Develop communication skills •Learn AP Stats exam Learn AP Stats exam structurestructure

•SPRING SEMESTER: 1 creditsSPRING SEMESTER: 1 credits•Complete chapters 7-12Complete chapters 7-12•Examine past test itemsExamine past test items•Work towards May 13 goalWork towards May 13 goal

HH AP EXAM RESULTS –HH AP EXAM RESULTS –QUICK FACTSQUICK FACTS

•Over the past 12 years, 318 students have Over the past 12 years, 318 students have taken AP Stats:taken AP Stats:•27% have earned a score of 527% have earned a score of 5•52% have earned a score of 452% have earned a score of 4•97% passed the exam97% passed the exam•Last year, 72 students took the course:Last year, 72 students took the course:•24 earned 5’s, 42 earned 4’s, 6 earned 3’s24 earned 5’s, 42 earned 4’s, 6 earned 3’s•Nationally: 12% scored 5, 21% scored 4Nationally: 12% scored 5, 21% scored 4

THE AP STATS EXAMTHE AP STATS EXAM

•Date: May 13, 2015 Date: May 13, 2015

•Multiple Choice section (90 Multiple Choice section (90 mins)mins)

•Free Response section (90 Free Response section (90 mins)mins)

•5 open-ended questions5 open-ended questions

•1 investigative task1 investigative task

•HHSD pays for one AP exam for every student. The AP Exam cost is $92.00. Students are responsible for payment beyond one AP exam.•The AP exam registration and ordering process will be completely online this year.•Mr. Williams will be scheduling a brief meeting/assembly with all AP students the first or second week in October to explain the AP registration process to students •Students will be coming home with a letter from Mr. Williams laying out the very simple registration process for parents as well•The AP registration window will open in October and close sometime in December.

More AP Details:More AP Details:

AFTER THE EXAMAFTER THE EXAM

Statistics Fair (early Statistics Fair (early June?) June?)

Parents invited to view Parents invited to view projects and projects and presentations.presentations.

Guest SpeakersGuest Speakers

College Planning College Planning

Homework Policy• HW assigned almost every class• All Homework will be checked for

completeness. Some HW will be checked for correctness.

• A variety of types of assignments, including AP Practice Questions

• Assignments posted at http://www.hatboro-horsham.org/hhhs

My Style Interactive, participation

encouraged Work in pairs and groups

daily Lessons and notes will

also be posted online. Math need not be boring