AP Calculus BC Homework Problems

Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Students are required to maintain a well organized homework solution notebook which can be used as a study guide for the required AP exam at the end of the year.

Homework grades will be determined from three criteria:

(1) the number of problems attempted (an “attempted problem” is any problem for which a solution attempt has been written down in the student’s homework notebook)

(2) the number of problems which is judged by the student to be defendable at the chalk board (even if the student is unsure if his/her solutions are correct). D.W. will randomly ask students to give chalk board explanations of homework solutions which they have claimed as defendable.

(3) the quality of organization and detail evident in the student’s homework solution notebook.

On the due date for each homework set, D.W. will pass around an evaluation form, on which the student will self-evaluate the number of problems attempted and list the problem numbers which he/she can explain/defend in front of the class. At the end of each quarter, homework notebooks will be turned in for evaluation and critical feedback from D.W.

Quarterly homework averages will be computed by the formula:

HW% = 0.6*(Claimed Defendable Problems%) + 0.2*(Attempted Problems%) + 0.2*(Notebook Quality%)

AP Calculus BC Honor Policy

Homework will not be turned in, graded, or pledged. Students are encouraged to form study groups or seek help from D.W. or anyone else (parents, etc.). Students are obligated to be honest about accurately reporting the true number of problems attempted and solved. Students should be aware that dishonestly reporting the number of attempted problems is an honor code violation. Since the “claimed defendable problems” (CDP) is a subjective assessment made by the student, any claim will be respected by D.W. as accurate and will not be questioned. If a pattern of incompetent chalk board explanations is observed for claimed defendable problems, then D.W. will request/arrange a supplementary oral examination with the student to determine an appropriate correction factor (0 < correction factor < 1) which will multiply their quarter CDP% to compensate for student CDP exaggeration and the resulting grade inflation.