PROGRAM

Detailed Schedule

The following is a listing of sessions that will be offered at APNC 2004. Click on a session title to view or hide the session details.

Saturday, July 17, 2004

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM: BREAKFAST
7:00 AM - 8:00 PM: REGISTRATION
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics
The Pre-AP Years: Aspects of Effective Mathematics Teaching in Grades 6-12; Are there methods, approaches, and practices that promote increased learning by all students in a mathematics class? Can these methods, approaches, and practices be identified, codified, characterized, and/or described so that all teachers can learn what they are and incorporate them into their own classrooms? This session will attempt to answer these questions by identifying critical aspects of teaching mathematics that can improve a teacher's classroom effectiveness.

Presenters(s): James Choike, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; Subject(s): Latin: Vergil , Latin Literature
Teaching Ariadne's Lament (Catullus 64) in the AP Latin Class; After a close examination of the text itself, the presenter will discuss the poem's place in Catullus's body of work, and in the Ariadne tradition and will facilitate a collaborative discussion of ways to approach teaching the poem to an AP Latin class.

Presenters(s): Susan L. Bonvallet, The Wellington School, Westerville, OH; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Social Studies, Pre-AP Strategies in English
Teaching Eighth Graders to Love Writing Timed Essays; Eighth graders can and should be writing essay exams. Developing experiences in a brain-based, essay-writing system teaches content and writing skills. Students will start high school having overcome the many psychological barriers of adjusting to essay exams. The structured program also allows for more time-efficient grading. This session systematically teaches participants how to take students to a high level of writing using a student-friendly, structured approach.

Presenters(s): Joseph Eberhard, William Adams Middle School, Alice, TX; Subject(s): World History
Helping AP World History Students Plan and Write Analytical Essays; This session will present sample essays from the 2003 AP World History Exam, along with rubrics and commentary, so teachers can better direct their students in analytical essay writing. This session will also be relevant to administrators and those interested in becoming AP World History Readers.

Presenters(s): Jay Harmon, Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, LA
Sharon Cohen, APWC Development Committee
Kenneth Curtis, California State University, Long Beach, CA; Subject(s): Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator
Mentoring Made Easy with CollegeEd; Mosley High School's student mentoring program is using the College Board CollegeEd™ Program to provide social, academic, and career support for incoming first-year students as well as middle school students. Having created a well-trained cadre of rising college-prep juniors, Mosley is spreading the College Board message of "preparing, inspiring, and connecting" to seventh grade students with the help of CollegeEd materials. Student mentors follow up this important service by connecting with eighth graders who have chosen to enroll in a college-preparatory program. This is the beginning of a two-year relationship, which will smooth the transition to high school and ease the stresses associated with the Pre-AP years and AP courses.

Presenters(s): Ted Czupryk, A.C. Mosely High School, Lynn Haven, FL; Subject(s): English Language & Composition
Integrating American Literature with AP English Language and Composition; AP English Language and Composition, a course taken during a student's junior year, is often studied at the exclusion of American literature. This session will help teachers incorporate both the knowledge and the skills needed for AP English Language and Composition, using canonical American literature and literary philosophy as students prepare for the AP Exam.

Presenters(s): Angela CobbLong Beach, CA; Subject(s): Economics: Micro, Economics: Macro
Active Learning in the AP Economics Classroom; Students learn best when they're motivated and engaged. One of the most difficult challenges economics instructors face is convincing students that economics is not an exercise in memorizing for tests but in understanding for life. Economics is about understanding and learning to apply a set of core concepts that illuminate our lives and the world around us. This session will showcase teaching and learning tools that promote active learning through hands-on practice with fundamental economic concepts. The session will begin by discussing pedagogical frameworks through which concepts are reinforced with practical self-assessment exercises. Then it moves to Web-based interactive resources proven to promote success both in the classroom and in a lasting understanding of these important concepts.

Presenters(s): Michael Parkin, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada; Subject(s): Statistics
Understanding Statistical Inference; This presentation will focus on developing conceptual understanding of the inferential methods covered in AP Statistics. Several activities will illustrate the interconnection between probability, sampling distributions, and inference.

Presenters(s): Roxy Peck, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA; An Open Forum on the Role of Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Today's Schools; A moderator will lead an interactive discussion in which participants will learn the answers to key questions regarding interdisciplinary curriculum. A list of readings will be distributed.

Presenters(s): Linda Schlosser, SUNY Brockport, Rochester, NY
Ogden MorseRedding, CT
Mike Henry, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD; SpringBoard: A Comprehensive, 6-12 English Language Arts and Mathematics Program for Academic Success; To voice support for educational excellence and equity is good. To create a 6-12 English language arts and mathematics program that attempts to institutionalize these values through an integrated program of standards, professional development, instructional resources, and diagnostic assessments and reports, is better. Attend this session and learn how SpringBoard™, the College Board's new comprehensive 6-12 english language arts and mathematics program, can help your school district enhance teacher preparation and improve student achievement,and how SpringBoard™ can prepare your students for the challenges and opportunities associated with postsecondary education.

Presenters(s): Larry Ferguson, Manager, K-12 Solutions, The College Board; How the SAT® Is Changing in Math and What It Might Mean to You; Learn about the changes found in the new SAT®, especially in the math section, from a researcher and a Math Committee member who have been directly involved in every aspect of the development of the test.

Presenters(s): Amy Schmidt, Executive Director, Higher Education Research, The College Board, New York, NY
Monique Morton, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Washington, DC; Strategies for Increasing Minority Participation in AP Courses; A panel of federal grantees who are implementing Advanced Placement Incentive grants designed to increase the number of low-income, minority, and disadvanted students in AP programs will share their strategies for recruiting and retaining such students. Each of these programs targets schools with 40 percent or more low-income students and utilizes grant funds to implement a comprehensive AP program within the schools served.

Presenters(s): Susan Chacko, Project Director, Project GRAD API Grant
Jaye Espy, Project Director, Mississippi DOE API Grant
Linda Powell-McMillan, Project Director, AVID API Grant
Edith Harvey, Improvement Programs Director, U.S. Department of Education; Subject(s): Art History
Teaching Writing About Art: Strategies for Comparitive Analysis and Writing Clearly; The issue of successfully teaching clear writing and comparative analysis to young adult learners enrolled in AP Art History, Studio Art, and even history classes continues to be a challenge for both new and experienced teachers of these subjects. Using slide prompts from both western and non-European works of art and architecture, specific strategies developed by the presenter will be modeled for participants. Developing basic vocabulary acquistion and simple analysis skills for a range of learners in order to build confidence for tackling more complex issues of comparative and contextual analysis will be addressed.

Presenters(s): Robert Coad, Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, CA; Subject(s): Environmental Science
Teaching Skills versus Teaching Content: AP versus Grade-Level Environmental Science; A typical AP Environmental Science class requires that students use complex information from different sources: information-processing skills not emphasized in other science courses. The wide range of topics covered also forces teachers to emphasize writing and data analysis skills as students complete traditional, content-related work. This skills-based course structure can be used to train students for success in other science courses. Lessons learned from AP Environmental Science can be applied to grade-level environmental science courses, raising student achievement. This presentation will provide many examples of skills-based lesson plans employed in an APES course and compare them to similar lesson plans developed for grade-level environmental science classes. Student performance on each exercise will be summarized and content compared to state and national inquiry-based standards for science education.

Presenters(s): Langdon Warner, Dutch Fork High School, Irmo, SC; Subject(s): Chemistry
Predicting Reactions in AP Chemistry; Both students and teachers in AP Chemistry find the prediction of reactions to be a difficult topic. The prediction of reactions is usually taught as a separate unit just prior to the AP Exam, and often it is not integrated into the rest of the course. Reactions can be included in units such as stoichiometry, gases, thermochemistry, acid base, electrochemistry, and organic chemistry. Handouts on methods that use a stepwise approach will explain how to gradually introduce the prediction of reactions without overwhelming your students. Sample quizzes for units will mirror the format in the free-response section of the AP Chemistry Exam.

Presenters(s): Kip Hendren, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL; Subject(s): German Language
Lessons from the 2003 German Curriculum Survey and the 2004 AP German Exam: Reflections from the Exam Development Committee and the Chief Reader; This session will report on the results and implications of a university curriculum survey conducted by Educational Testing Service in 2003 and the experiences with the 2004 AP German Exam. Participants will gain insights into what college-level German instructors are reporting about their classes, how students performed on the 2004 exam, and how assessment is determined for the productive skills of speaking and writing. Some suggestions for improving articulation between high school and college programs will also be presented.

Presenters(s): Thomas Lovik, Michigan State University, Okemou, MI; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator, Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator
Integrating a Big AP Program in Small Comprehensive High Schools; Small high schools have often struggled to provide students with a wide range of specialized AP courses. Furthermore, there has been a wave of school reform efforts to break large consolidated high schools into smaller, more personalized learning communities. So what does this mean for AP programs, and what can small high schools do to sustain and integrate AP curricula? The answer to this question is: plenty! This session will discuss the creative steps taken by some of the top small high schools in the nation to integrate a wide range of Advanced Placement Program® courses into their curricula.

Presenters(s): Jack Thompson, Youngstown State University and Kirkland Local Schools, Madison, OH; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics, Statistics, Calculus BC, Calculus AB
The Ideas Behind Integration and Accumulation; This session will feature teaching suggestions and activities on the concepts of integration and accumulation, as well as calculator and technology use and how analysis of these ideas is tested.

Presenters(s): Lin McMullinNiantic, CT; Subject(s): Biology
Redesign of the AP Biology Course, Examination, and Teacher Professional Development Experience; The purpose of this session will be to provide attendees with the latest information regarding the ongoing project to review and revise the AP Biology program. College Board staff and members of the Project Advisory Committee for this collaboration between the College Board and the National Science Foundation will present on progress to date, and will engage attendees in a discussion of the project's goals while soliciting feedback and input.

Presenters(s): Walt Jimenez, Director, Curriculum and Assessment, The College Board, New York, NY
Robert Cannon, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Peggy O'Neill Skinner, The Bush School, Seatlle, WA; CONFERENCE SESSIONS; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition, English Language & Composition
Voice Lessons: Reading Between the Lines; This session focuses on the skills AP English students need for deep analysis of poetry and prose. Participants will examine the elements of voice -- diction, detail, figurative language, imagery, syntax, and tone -- in fiction and nonfiction texts. They will learn how to share the "text tip-offs" that help students read with understanding of both content and style, and how to help students incorporate these skills into their own writing. Participants will also discover how art and music can be used to teach voice in reading and writing.

Presenters(s): Nancy Dean, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Subject(s): Music Theory
Teaching Musical Principles (Not Musical Rules) for AP Music Theory; One of the most common approaches to teaching basic music theory involves presenting a series of rules that govern tonality. Such rules frequently emphasize specific features to avoid rather than more general goals toward which to strive. Many students who have taken AP Music Theory and core college-level theory don't truly understand the purpose behind part-writing and analysis, and they may never have been asked to integrate the various skills that the AP program tests. Presenters will demonstrate some methods for teaching more holistically and explain how lists of rules can be replaced with a few binding principles.

Presenters(s): Nancy Rogers, Florida State University, Tallahassee , FL
Michael Buchler, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Subject(s): Psychology, Biology
Using Psychopharmacology to Teach About the Brain; This session will review the action potential and synaptic transmission and will discuss how examples involving psychoactive drugs can increase students' understanding of these basic processes in neurons. Studying the action mechanism of legal and illegal drugs (alcohol, cocaine, caffeine, nicotine, and ecstasy) will increase comprehension of how neurons work, keep students interested in the topic, and provide them with important information regarding the effects of drug use before they hit the college campus culture.

Presenters(s): Elizabeth Johnson, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator
Mentoring New AP Teachers: Getting Through the Rookie Year; There are many issues and questions to consider when developing or improving mentor programs. Mentoring is a process that opens the doors to the school community and helps protege faculty find the wisdom of all the teachers in the building. A carefully designed mentoring program can be used as a recruitment tool, it can improve teacher retention rates, and it can help to improve the skills and knowledge of new and veteran teachers. This session will discuss the value of mentoring, guidelines for effective programs, how to train and support mentors, what proteges need from mentors, and how to measure the effectiveness of mentoring.

Presenters(s): William C. Anderson, Unionville High School, Kennett Square, PA
Sandra Litvin, Avon Grove High School, West Grove, PA; AP International School Success Stories; Two international schools, The American-Nicaraguan School in Managua, Nicaragua, and the American School of London have had great sucess in establishing and developing their AP programs. Learn what these two very different schools did to achieve their high levels of success with AP. Come and share your thoughts about how AP can contribute to your school's academic success.

Presenters(s): Robert DiYanni, Director, K-12 International Services, The College Board, New York, NY
Elsa Lamb, Director, American-Nicaraguan School, Managua, Nicaragua
Eileen Penman, Senior Dean/College Counselor, The American School in London, London, United Kingdom; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition
Balancing the Traditional with the New: Introducing Students to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama in the Twenty-First Century; The canon of literature that instructors are responsible for teaching has changed significantly over the past few decades. So have students, in terms of their demographics, ethnicity, and learning styles. Can traditional approaches for teaching major genres such as fiction, poetry, and drama accommodate these emerging realities? This session will explore this central question, with a mixture of lecture and audience participation, including a question-and-answer period.

Presenters(s): Michael Meyer, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM: EXHIBIT HOURS
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Subject(s): Psychology
Advanced Session for the Teaching of AP Psychology; This session will discuss current new research in the field of psychology and will include ideas on writing integrative essay questions. Other topics of interest to the experienced AP Psychology teacher include how to link material between chapters, how to teach the most important experiments in psychology (there are about 40), and how to incorporate research methodologies. Additionally, interesting biographical material about numerous psychologists will be presented, with ideas on how to relate this to the psychologist's contribution to the field.

Presenters(s): Alan Feldman, Perth Amboy High School, Edison, NJ
Charles Brewer, Furman University
Tresmaine Grimes, Iona CollegeNY
Kristin Whitlock, Viewmont High School, Bountiful, UT; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition, English Language & Composition
Let's Get Digital: Student Writing Portfolios in Digital Form; Manila folders stuffed with wrinkled papers are burdensome to organize and unwieldy to handle. This session will show participants how to use Web pages as a way for students to create interesting and polished portfolio "folders" for their work. These digital portfolios then become visual representations of the students-who they are, what they think, and what they know. The digital portfolio provides students with a technological format in which to organize the growth of their writing and to reflect upon their strengths and weaknesses. It also allows students to think about themselves and how their writing represents who they are.

Presenters(s): Deborah Shepard, Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, FL; Subject(s): Economics: Micro, Economics: Macro
Meet the DC: Economics; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Economics will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Peggy Pride, St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, MO
Arthur Raymond, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
George Wassall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; Subject(s): Art History
Meet the DC: Art History; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Art History will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Lisa Farrington, Parsons School of Design/NSU, New York, NY
Cheryl Hughes, Alta High School, Sandy, UT; Subject(s): Government & Politics: United States, Government & Politics: Comparative
Meet the DC: Government and Politics; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Government and Politics will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Clarissa Peterson, DePauw University
Kerry Haynie, Duke University
Jean Robinson, Indiana State University, Bloomington, IN; Subject(s): Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, Physics B
Meet the DC: Physics; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Physics will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Larry Cain, Davidson College
Gay Stewart, University of Arkansas
Dolores Gende, Greenhill School, Addison, TX; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics, Calculus BC, Calculus AB
Filtering in AP Calculus; Four lessons will be provided that begin with an actual AP Calculus problem that is adapted to each of the math classes in the Pre-AP years (algebra I and II, geometry, and precalculus) with topics leading students into calculus concepts early in their math lives.

Presenters(s): Stacey McMullen, Dallas Independent School District, Grand Prairie, TX; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in English
Indiana Grubb and the Raiders of the Lost Art: Using Film to Teach Literary Analysis; This interactive session will help teachers engage students in activities that enhance understanding in accomplishing literary analysis. First, we'll apply literary terms to an anchor story-one story that we use and discuss over and over at the beginning of the school year, a story we can refer back to all year long. We'll practice close reading and annotation of that story. Then we'll do the fun stuff: close-read a film. Actual classroom strategies used by the presenter are those utilized to help eighth graders understand literary analysis.

Presenters(s): Ayn Grubb, Broken Arrow Public Schools, Broken Arrow, OK; Going Global: AP International Initiatives; Come learn about recent AP developments in the international arena. Three topics are central to this session: international recognition for AP, international workshops and summer institutes, and a revised AP International Diploma. Time for questions and discussion will be provided.

Presenters(s): Robert DiYanni, Director, K-12 International Services, The College Board, New York, NY
George Ewonus, Director of the AP Program in Canada, The College Board, Kelowna, Canada; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator
The Three Rs: Rigor, Relevancy, and Removing Roadblocks; This session is a call for all educators in AP courses to take greater responsibility for students in their classes. The Three Rs should act as a conceptual framework for educators to consider when designing their course syllabus, teaching, and grading. Specific examples and strategies will be introduced that will allow educators to build an academic infrastructure that helps them recruit and retain students, all without sacrificing the rigor of the Advanced Placement Program.

Presenters(s): Jose Rodriguez, Interlake High School, Seattle, WA; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator, Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator
Bringing AP to the Outback; What happens when a rural state begins an initiative to require multiple AP courses in every high school? How do small schools respond? What questions must be answered? What kinds of professional development are most helpful? How do first-time schools develop a plan? What will make AP a positive experience for new AP administrators and teachers? Learn how the AP Professional Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock faced these issues. Members will share the challenges, opportunities, and bumps in the road along the AP highway.

Presenters(s): Tommie Sue Anthony, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Ann Robinson, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR; CONFERENCE SESSIONS; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition
From Sophocles's Oedipus to Cunningham's The Hours; An Authentic Transactional and Constructivist Approach to Teaching Any Novel; The session will provide a brief background of Rosenblatt's transactional theory, the multiple intelligences, and the pedagogical ideology behind constructivist teaching, and their practical applications for the high school English teacher and university instructor in English education. Actual units will be modeled and participants will be guided through an entire lesson on building a unit around a novel, text, or poem. Marginalia and highlighting within the text, rubrics, holistic vocabulary, essay exams, a social action project, individual and group work, and student teaching will each illuminate the hands-on approach for participants. The session will reflect on how such a unit applies to the AP English Literature and Composition Exam.

Presenters(s): Stacy Miller, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition
Asking Questions and Reader Response: Having a Dialogue with Literature; This session will explore how to incorporate levels of questioning using Bloom's Taxonomy with reader response. Student-generated questions and personal responses to shorter works of literature lend themselves to class discussion, leading to students writing their own themes. The session will explain the framework for such a discussion and provide samples of student work.

Presenters(s): Danny Lawrence, Career Center, Winston-Salem, NC; Subject(s): Spanish Literature
Creative Strategies for Diverse Student Success in Spanish; Through a series of creative teaching strategies, all types of learners at the presenter's school have had success in mastering the AP Spanish Language Exam. The presenter's methods have improved students' confidence and have increased the number of students taking the exam. Participants will learn these methods, including shortcuts for teaching accents to students who have problems with this difficult task, as well as success strategies for retention and comprehension of the literature that is required in AP Spanish Literature.

Presenters(s): Yolanda Garcia, United South High School, Laredo, TX; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator
Increasing Enrollment and Student Participation in Advanced Placement Courses; This session will illustrate the nuts and bolts of increasing enrollment in AP courses. This is a model of various programs, activities, and meetings that occurred over a period of several years that resulted in increased AP enrollment, including increased minority enrollment in AP courses. Participants in this session will take away ideas, programs, and activities to implement in their own school.

Presenters(s): David Thieman, Director- Human Resources/ Public Relations, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor, IL
Von Mansfield, Principal, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor, IL
Dean Auriemma, Director- Curriculum, Instruction, & Professional Development, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor, IL; Subject(s): Chemistry
Meet the DC: Chemistry; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Chemistry will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): John Gelder, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Lisa A. Zuraw, The Citadel, Charleston, SC
Carol B. Brown, Saint Marys Hall, San Antonio, TX; Subject(s): European History
Meet the DC: European History; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP European History will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Paul Borysewicz, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Michael Galagano, James Madison University
Steve Mercado, Chaffey High School
Jessica Young, Oak Park and River Forest High School; Subject(s): Biology
Meet the DC: AP Biology-What's Ahead?; Members of the AP Biology Development Committee will discuss current topics of interest, including the new test format for developments in AP Biology Examination, developments in AP Biology teacher support, and how to develop a strong AP Biology program at your school.

Presenters(s): Robert Cannon, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Dwayne Wise, Chief Reader, AP Biology, Mississippi State University
John McMillian, Central High School, Philadelphia, PA; Subject(s): Music Theory
Meet the DC: Music Theory; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Music Theory will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Jane Clendinning, University High School, Tallahassee, FL
Patrick McCreless, Professor of Music Theory, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Subject(s): Latin: Vergil , Latin Literature
Meet the DC: Latin; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Latin will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Shelley Haley, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
John Sarkissian, Youngstown State UniversityOH
James Updegraff, The Bishop's School, La Jolla, CA; Subject(s): Environmental Science
Meet the DC: Environmental Science; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Environmental Science will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Dean Goodwin, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH; Subject(s): German Language
Meet the DC: German; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP German will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Thomas Lovik, Michigan State University, Okemou, MI
Wiebke Strehl, University of SC - Columbia, Columbia, SC; Subject(s): Statistics
Meet the DC: Statistics; Members of the Test Development Committee for AP Statistics will discuss how the exams are developed, common errors, and how teachers can prepare students for the AP challenge.

Presenters(s): Michael Legacy, Greenhill School, Addison, TX
Brad Hartlaub, Kenyon College , Gambier, OH; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Social Studies
Closing the Gap: Broadening the Base with Pre-AP Strategies in Social Studies; With the goal of inclusion of underrepresented groups comes the task of instructing students in skills while maintaining high academic content. Middle school students' needs are different from high school students' needs. Teachers appreciate practical application models using organizers, visuals, teaming, and modeling. This workshop demonstrates proven strategies to improve the writing and thinking skills of middle and early high school social studies students.

Presenters(s): Lori Dumerer, R.L. Turner High School, Dallas, TX; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics
Connecting and Communicating: Using Graphic Organizers in Math Class; Teachers will learn about using graphic organizers-"Rule of 4" link sheets, sorting mats, concept splashes, and webs-to help students make connections between topics across grades in order to build on prior knowledge and to communicate what they know and are able to do. Teachers can implement these strategies to make math more accessible to all students. Many samples and strategies will be shared in this hands-on session.

Presenters(s): Carol Hynes, Leominster Public Schools, Holden, MA; Subject(s): Biology
Cram No More: Strategies for Allowing Processing Time for Enhanced Student Learning; In Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Eric Jensen states that all learners periodically need processing time, during which they can apply the information just learned, in order for the information to be internalized. He recommends that even experienced learners (like AP students) need processing time about every 15 minutes. Join this session to see examples of techniques that can be used in the AP classroom to allow processing time in order to ensure that maximum learning is taking place. Come prepared to brainstorm some additional applications of Jensen's research in your classroom.

Presenters(s): Tricia Glidewell, Marist School, Marietta, GA; Subject(s): World History, U.S. History
Mastering the DBQ and FRQ: Skills for Students; Many students arrive in AP classes with little or no foundation in timed writing, particularly writing in history. This session will give teachers ideas for helping students better attack the DBQ and FRQ portions of the AP Exams.

Presenters(s): Krista Dornbush, Laguna Beach High School, Fountain Valley, CA
Steve Mercado, Chaffey High School; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Computer Science, Computer Science AB, Computer Science A
Computer Science for All Students; This session will discuss the lack of diversity among current computer science students, and the inappropriate stereotypes and misconceptions about both the subject and the students, that contribute to this problem. Participants will learn new approaches to teaching computer science that broaden its appeal and accessibility.

Presenters(s): Jody Paul, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
Gail Chapman, The College Board
Mark Stehlik, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition
Differentiated Instruction in the AP Literature Classroom; When AP teachers ask me for our school's placement policy for AP, I respond, "Give me your tired, your poor, and your hungry." Although our school's English AP Vertical Team has gone a long way toward preparing students for AP English, each year some students who sign up for the course do not, for a multitude of reasons, have the ideal reading or writing skills for success on the AP Literature and Composition Exam. This session will focus on activities and strategies for students who are willing to meet the academic challenge but who need to refine their language skills. Participants will also learn how to keep students who do have a sophisticated cadre of language skills motivated when they find themselves in a class with peers who are below their skill level.

Presenters(s): Rebecca McFarlan, Indian Hill High School, Cincinnati, OH
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM: SNACK BREAK-SPONSORED BY MCGRAW-HILL; BOOK SIGNING WITH PEDRO NOGUERA, Ph.D
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM: Subject(s): World History, U.S. History, Human Geography, European History, English Literature & Composition, English Language & Composition
Speaking Their Language: Incorporating Film into AP English and Social Science Courses; Visual images are not just recreation for our students; they are the dominant source of information and entertainment for an entire generation. More importantly they are subtle means of persuasion that will impact our students for the rest of their lives. Recognizing film, video, and the Web's importance to high school students today, teachers must learn to use these media as tools to prepare their students for the future. This session has two goals. The first is to present ways in which teachers can use film to introduce and clarify facts and concepts necessary for high achievement on the AP Exams in English and the social sciences. The second is to give teachers the tools to help students master these visual mediums through analysis and interpretation of not just content but also style and technique.

Presenters(s): Jaimie Crawford, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rob Crawford, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in English
Poetry in the Middle School/Early High School; Poetry is accessible for all students, regardless of age or level. This session will present a modified TP-CASTT approach that gives teachers a practical method of unlocking poetry for students.

Presenters(s): Stephanie Woolley, Cutler Ridge Middle School, Miami, FL; Subject(s): Music Theory
Best Practices for the Music Theory Classroom; Through this moderated discussion, teachers will learn best practices for the Music Theory classroom. Participants will be encouraged to share their own course arrangements, curriculum, and any challenges they face in teaching a smaller discipline such as Music Theory. The conversation will be informal, but participants will take away ideas and teaching strategies for use in the classroom. Participants should arrive ready to engage in dialogue.

Presenters(s): Susan Schwartz, Albert Einstein High School, Silver Spring, MD; Subject(s): German Language
Best Practices for the German Classroom; Through this moderated discussion, teachers will learn best practices for the German classroom. Participants will be encouraged to share their own course arrangements, curriculum, and any challenges they face in teaching a smaller discipline such as German. The conversation will be informal, but participants will take away ideas and teaching strategies for use in the classroom. Participants should arrive ready to engage in dialogue.

Presenters(s): Wylie Ferguson, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Social Studies
Discussion with Middle School, Early High School, New AP, and AP Teachers About the Vital Role of Molding Students for Success on AP History Exams; This chat session will focus on the various AP Exams in history and how middle school and early high school teachers help to prepare students to succeed on these tests. The discussion will be geared toward teachers who are unfamiliar with the construction of the exam, the skills required, and the "AP vocabulary." In short, we hope to bring participants "into the AP loop" so they feel connected to the Program even if they are not directly teaching AP.

Presenters(s): Krista Dornbush, Laguna Beach High School, Fountain Valley, CA
Steve Mercado, Chaffey High School
Bill Ziegler, San Marcos High School; Subject(s): Computer Science AB, Computer Science A
Computer Science I on Your Graphing Calculators; Give your students (and teachers) the power of programming using their graphing calculators. This session will demonstrate an introductory unit on programming using the TI platforms.

Presenters(s): John Hanna, New Jersey Public Schools, Hopatlong, NJ; Subject(s): Chemistry
Inquiry Chemistry: Using Computer-Based Experiments to Generate Data for Concept Invention; The laboratory is where most teachers implement an inquiry approach. Here students are able to collect the data in the exploration phase to use in the concept invention phase. This approach can also be appropriate in the lecture/discussion portion of an introductory chemistry class. For an inquiry approach to work outside the laboratory, there must be a way to collect data quickly to use in the invention phase. The presenters of the session have been developing computer-based simulations that allow students to collect data. Coupled with a guided-inquiry activity, students can invent concepts outside the laboratory. This session will demonstrate how the combination of computers, laboratory simulations, and guided-inquiry activities can be integrated into the classrooms at all levels. Participants will receive copies of the guided-inquiry activities along with Web links to the computer simulations so they can use the materials in their own classrooms.

Presenters(s): John Gelder, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; Subject(s): Calculus BC, Calculus AB
Projects for AP Calculus: Where Will We Ever Use This?; Have you ever wanted a challenging project that lasts more than one class period? A project that answers the question, "Where will we ever use this?" This workshop will present classroom-ready projects on topics ranging from review to applications of differential and integral calculus. Handouts include a solutions manual and a rubric for grading.

Presenters(s): Michael White, Pennridge High School, Perkasie, PA; Subject(s): Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator
Curriculum Alignment and the Pre-AP Years: Wow, What a Concept!; Aligning a middle school curriculum with an AP Exam is a difficult, time-consuming task. This workshop will provide participants with the tools to be successful.

Presenters(s): Helen Washington, Chinquapin Middle School, Baltimore, MD; Subject(s): Psychology
Building Blocks: How to Build and Improve an AP Program; Implementation, development, and improvement of an AP course in a diverse setting is the focus of this presentation. As a second-year teacher, the presenter introduced an AP Psychology course. Based on that experience, this session will consider three major areas: challenges endured while writing a curriculum for a half-semester course, improvement of student exam scores in three years, and the building of interest in a school with 60 percent bilingual students. Examples of PowerPoint presentations, student workbooks, and a review book will demonstrate their excellence in preparing students for the AP Psychology Exam.

Presenters(s): Michael McLane, Sterling Heights High School, Macomb, MI; Subject(s): Calculus BC, Calculus AB
Problem Solving for AP Calculus; This session looks at a number of problems that teach and reinforce calculus topics, but that also encourage students to think critically and to become better problem solvers. Participants will work on solving some of these problems and will discuss what makes them so good for students.

Presenters(s): Bill Roloff, Lake Park High School, St. Charles, IL; CONFERENCE SESSIONS; SpringBoard: A Comprehensive, 6-12 English Language Arts and Mathematics Program for Academic Success; To voice support for educational excellence and equity is good. To create a 6-12 English language arts and mathematics program that attempts to institutionalize these values through an integrated program of standards, professional development, instructional resources, and diagnostic assessments and reports, is better. Attend this session and learn how SpringBoard™, the College Board's new comprehensive 6-12 english language arts and mathematics program, can help your school district enhance teacher preparation and improve student achievement,and how SpringBoard™ can prepare your students for the challenges and opportunities associated with postsecondary education.

Presenters(s): Wendy Marshall, Manager, K-12 Solutions, The College Board; Developing and Implementing Successful Pre-AP Programs; A panel of federal grantee's who are implementing pre-AP, aligned with AP, programs in target schools with 40 percent or more low-income students will share their strategies for developing comprehensive programs designed to prepare students as early as possible to participate in AP at the high school level. Curriculum development and enhancement, especially for core academics, as well as professional development and student support services will be discussed.

Presenters(s): Beth Baggett, AP Program Manager, U.S. Department of Education
Jeff Smith, Administrator, Indiana Academy API Grant
Phildra Swagger, Project Director, API Grant, Hillsborough County, FL
Freddie Cooper, Project Director, Utah DOE API Grant; Asian Pacific American Students: Myth, Reality and Strategies; The Asian Pacific American student is surrounded by the stereotype of the "model minority," the "Asian whiz kid" who "outwhites the whites." These myths are not only damaging, they are also inaccurate and obscure the fact that Asian Pacific Americans come from extraordinarily diverse groups, which face distinct and complex issues. This session will present first-hand experience on the myths and reality of the Asian Pacific American student, and also discuss effective educational models that have worked in the past with this growing and multi-faceted population.

Presenters(s): Audrey Yamagata-Noji, Vice President, Student Services, Mt. San Antonio
Sundaram Rama, Youth Coordinator, Cambodian Family, Inc.
Gene Noji, Irvine Unified School District; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Science
Organizing a Middle School Science Program; This workshop will delineate six steps that have proven effective in a wide variety of school districts: establish a unified vision; identify core skills; target curricular strands; write pre- and post-test questions; develop content-based lessons; and use data to revise curriculum. Participants in this process find the experience of alignment both empowering and rejuvenating as they are challenged to see their classrooms as an integral part of an extended process to provide equity, excellence, and opportunity for all their students. Since this approach emphasizes teacher leadership at the campus level, both teachers and administrators are encouraged to attend.

Presenters(s): David Castro, AP Lead Physics Teacher, Pflugerville Independent School District, Pflugerville, TX; Subject(s): Environmental Science
Problem-Based Lab Experiments and Activities for Environmental Science; There is an urgent need for comprehensive, problem-based lab experiments and activities that will challenge the student to think analytically and apply scientific principles to environmental problems. In this session participants will review a number of lab experiments, data-based projects and quantitative exercises to help the students of new and experienced AP Environmental Science teachers. The development of quantitative problems will be reviewed. All the activities addressed in this session can be performed anywhere in the country with a minimal expenditure for equipment and supplies.

Presenters(s): Bill Molnar, River Dell Regional High School, Montavale, NJ; Subject(s): Latin: Vergil , Latin Literature
Increasing Minority Participation in the AP Latin Program; This forum will focus on ways to increase participation of students of color in the AP Latin program. Participants will discuss the progression of courses leading up to AP and how to ensure that students of color get the preparation they need before beginning work on the AP Latin authors. The group will also discuss ways to make the AP Latin classroom welcoming to students of color and ways to provide them with a successful and enriching AP Latin experience.

Presenters(s): Shelley Haley, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
John Sarkissian, Youngstown State UniversityOH
James Updegraff, The Bishop's School, La Jolla, CA; Subject(s): Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator
Pre-AP Strategies in Middle School: Encountering the Advanced Placement Program. Let's Get Them Thinking.; This session will assist teachers in challenging middle school students to engage in higher-level learning. Participants will learn a variety of instructional strategies to motivate students and foster the development of skills and habits necessary for success in college. Teachers and administrators will discover strategies and activities that get students thinking and making connections between what they learn in school and what they experience in life. These strategies and activities support middle school curriculum by encouraging intellectual growth and providing opportunities for students to be successful.

Presenters(s): Nancy Schaefer, Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, AR; Subject(s): Studio Art: Drawing
Harrison School of the Arts: Where Students Reach for the Stars; Harrison School for the Arts enjoys a special partnership with the Polk Museum of Art, located in Lakeland, Florida. Visual arts courses are offered in classrooms at the museum, which provides a unique learning laboratory for students. The program encourages students to explore, investigate, and invent their own voice through the process of making art. Participants in this session will receive information about scheduling, curriculum, and requirements for establishing a successful studio art program that begins with the 2-D Design portfolio in the tenth grade. For traditional high schools that offer only one or two studio art classes, course outlines will be provided with examples of lessons (illustrated with student work) used to meet the AP portfolio requirements for all three AP Studio Art classes.

Presenters(s): Patricia Lamb, Polk County School District, Bartow, FL
Rocky Bridges
Karen DeMichael; Subject(s): U.S. History, English Language & Composition
AP U.S. History and AP English Language and Composition: Integration and Collaboration for Success; The integration of AP English Language and Composition and AP U.S. History has had a positive effect on student performance and achievement on the AP Exams in those areas (as seen by a comparison of the scores of students who participated in collaborative classes with the scores of those who did not). The collaborative efforts of the instructors of American literature, American history, and rhetoric help develop students who are critical thinkers and writers. The integration of the two AP courses also addresses the difficulties of providing adequate time in a block schedule for a student to develop analytical skills.

Presenters(s): Nancy Culclasure, Western Guilford High School, Greensboro, NC
Ken Gordon, Western Guilford High School; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator
Using Data to Grow Your AP Program: "Assess to Learn" Stigging (2002); The AP Program provides schools and teachers with the data they need to drive curricular and instructional decisions that will increase student achievement. Learn to use this data to focus on a few simple, specific goals that get results.

Presenters(s): Janet Gonzalez, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
D. Gupta; Subject(s): World History, U.S. History, Government & Politics: United States, Government & Politics: Comparative
Teaching the Cold War Using Government Documents; This session will address teaching the Cold War from the viewpoints of political leaders of the East and West, as shown by their recently declassified documents. The workshop will start with a presentation, as given to an AP U.S. History or AP Government and Politics class. Discussion will focus on sources for finding Cold War documents and commentary on the Web, student assignments that utilize these tools, and how these assignments prepare students for the AP Exams in U.S. History, Government and Politics, and World History. This presentation utilizes materials from the National Archives, the Cold War International History Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Harvard Project on Cold War Studies, and the CNN Cold War special.

Presenters(s): Thomas Kilbourn, Westmoore High School, Oklahoma City, OK; Widening the Pool Through Questioning and Discussion; The session is directed at teachers of students who are usually underrepresented in AP classes. The strategies employed are those to encourage, to build confidence, and to increase the academic skills of students. With these tools, students who never thought of themselves as AP students will be ready, able, and confident to participate and succeed in AP classes. The session will foster questioning as a means of arriving at rich discussion. Participants will view a video of diverse ninth graders engaged in a discussion of print and nonprint text. A model discussion will follow, demonstrating the use of effective questioning techniques. The workshop will offer participants sound and effective tools as well as concrete information and strategies to use in their classrooms. The cumulative effect will be the widening of the AP pool.

Presenters(s): Joyce Greenberg, Broward County School System, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Margery Marcus, Broward County School System, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Subject(s): Statistics
Using Simulation to Enhance Understanding in Statistics; Simulation is a major component in the AP Statistics curriculum. It can be used to enhance students' understanding of statistical concepts. Some of the areas where simulation is especially effective are: demonstrating the law of large numbers; the mean and standard deviation of a discrete random variable; demonstrating the idea of a normal population; demonstrating the central limit theorem; confidence intervals; and P-values and levels of significance. This session will emphasize how to perform statistical simulations in the classroom using statistical software and a TI-83 Plus graphing calculator.

Presenters(s): Michael Sullivan, Joliet Junior College, Lemont, IL; Subject(s): World History, U.S. History, European History
Review Tips for AP History Examinations: U.S. History, World History, and European History; A panel of three teachers with many years of experience preparing students in the AP Program will present a variety of review materials and successful classroom techniques for reviewing U.S. World, and European History courses. In addition to suggestions for course content review, tips for answering multiple-choice, free-response, and document-based questions will be offered. A question-and-answer period will conclude the presentation.

Presenters(s): Eleanor Clarke Hannum, UMS - Wright Prepatory School, Mobile, AL
Monty Armstrong, Cerritos High School, Cerritos, CA
Harriett Lillich, UMS - Wright Prepatory, Mobile, AL; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in French, French Literature, French Language
Reading French Material Across the Curriculum; The session will focus on the French readings across the curriculum and will help teachers develop a curriculum that will include progressive reading material leading to the preparation of the students for the AP French Language and Literature Exams. The French reading section of the AP Exam seems to present major problems for students and is very discouraging for AP teachers. This session will introduce samples of reading material suitable for beginners up to AP-level students. Participants will learn how to help students develop good reading habits and overcome their difficulties with the AP Exam. Participants will receive handouts of sources of reading material (newspapers, novels, magazines, literary works, and excerpts) that will become an integral part of their curriculum.

Presenters(s): Mona Mulhair, AP French Test Development Committee, Clayton, CA
Jean Pierre Piriou, University of Georgia , Athens, GA
Kate Rabiteau, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM: LUNCH(DESSERT & COFFEE IN PACIFIC HALL B)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: PLENARY SPEAKER-PEDRO NOGUERA, Ph.D
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Subject(s): Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, Physics B
Virtual Labs and Simulations in AP Physics; Experimental work is an integral part of introductory college-level courses such as the AP Physics courses. Although excellent physics learning can take place using the simplest equipment, the integration of laboratory activities with classroom work requires careful balancing between time allocation and budget restrictions. Web technology can be a powerful tool for learning physics concepts and developing skills of measurement, analysis, and information processing. Virtual labs and simulations should not substitute for laboratory experience, but they can supplement and extend such experience. This session will demonstrate ready-to-use activities adapted to the main content areas in the AP Physics curriculum.

Presenters(s): Dolores Gende, Greenhill School, Addison, TX; Subject(s): Spanish Language, German Language, French Language
The AP Modern Foreign Language Exams: Differences and Similarities; This session will share results of the 2003 AP Curriculum Survey, completed by instructors of third-year college courses in French, German, and Spanish. These results are used by the individual Development Committees to validate exam content and to determine potential changes in exam format. Differences and similarities in survey results can help explain differences and similarities in these three exams.

Presenters(s): Deborah Bischof, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in English
Eighth Grade and the AP English Exams; This session will help middle school teachers become more familiar with the AP English Exams. We'll read some exam questions and student sample essays. We'll score them and discuss the skills students must have before they can do well on those exams. Participants will talk about the need to modify exam questions to fit middle school students, and we'll actually practice making modifications. We'll talk about the role of the middle school teacher on a Vertical Team and the need for middle school teachers to become familiar with the AP Exam even though their students are far from taking it.

Presenters(s): Ayn Grubb, Broken Arrow Public Schools, Broken Arrow, OK; Subject(s): U.S. History
Project Use for Active Student Learning in AP U.S. History; Participants will learn how to use various projects in the classroom, including debates, creating DBQs, storybooks creation, and other multiday and one-day projects.

Presenters(s): Matt Tassinari, Palmdale High School, Palmdale, CA; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Social Studies
L.I.E.ing About History: Decoding Documents; This session integrates reading and questioning strategies to enhance student analysis of source material. In this process, students first identify the basic parts and/or ideas literally present in a document, then link those parts or ideas with prior knowledge to create an inference. By establishing a foundation for reading primary and secondary source material, students will practice a strategy that will enhance document interpretation for essay analysis. Specific applications will be used with pictures, political cartoons, paintings, primary source written material, secondary sources, and text readings. Handouts will define and model the activity.

Presenters(s): Kathleen McCarron, Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, FL
Mary Oliver, Lincoln High School
Kristen Hobbs, Lincoln High School
Jason Koerner; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics
A Collection of Activities for Math AP Vertical Teams®; Participants will experience five different activities for math Vertical Teams: 1) building a skills progression chart; 2) connecting to AP math topics; 3) adapting AP problems; 4) incorporating phrases from the AP Exams; and 5) using standard versus enhanced questions.

Presenters(s): Dixie Ross, Pflugerville High School, Austin, TX; Subject(s): Human Geography
Writing Essays for the AP Human Geography Exam; Members of the AP Human Geography Development Committee will demonstrate teaching strategies that can help students write cogent answers to the free-response questions in the exam. The Chief Reader will discuss common student mistakes and review the scoring process.

Presenters(s): Barbara Hildebrant, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Patricia Gober, Arizona State University
Tim Strauss, Northern Iowa University
Paul Gray, Russelville High School; Subject(s): Latin: Vergil , Latin Literature
Best Practices for the Latin Classroom; Through this moderated discussion, teachers will learn best practices for the Latin classroom. Participants will be encouraged to share their own course arrangements, curriculum, and any challenges they face in teaching a smaller discipline such as Latin. The conversation will be informal, but participants will take away ideas and teaching strategies for use in the classroom. Participants should arrive ready to engage in dialogue.

Presenters(s): Paul Weaver, Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX; Subject(s): Environmental Science
Best Practices for the Environmental Science Classroom; Through this moderated discussion, teachers will learn best practices for the Environmental Science classroom. Participants will be encouraged to share their own course arrangements, curriculum, and any challenges they face in teaching a smaller discipline such as Environmental Science. The conversation will be informal, but participants will take away ideas and teaching strategies for use in the classroom. Participants should arrive ready to engage in dialogue.

Presenters(s): Gerry Beeler, Principal, Mid-Prarie High School, Wellman, IA; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator
Raising Academic Aspirations for All Students; Mid-Prairie High School, in Iowa, doubled its AP enrollment for two consecutive years. The school's goal is to have 50 percent of their junior and senior classes enrolled in at least one AP class each year. The focus of the session is to provide an explanation of the programs and activities MPHS has in place to motivate students to take on the challenge of the AP experience. AP teachers will determine the level of success in your program. This session provides an opportunity to meet three excellent AP teachers who have made a difference for their students and to hear several practical strategies that can be taken back to your school to increase AP enrollments.

Presenters(s): Jessica Jones, Mid Prairie High School, Wellman, IA
Doug Koerperich, Mid-Prairie High School, Wellman, IA
Pete Cavanagh, Mid-Prairie High School, Wellman, IA; Subject(s): U.S. History
Ways to Approach the U.S. History Survey: Suggestions for Teaching and Assessing; The panel will explore ways in which changes in content and pedagogy can be incorporated in teaching the AP U.S. History course. Panelists will offer suggestions for integrating the curriculum and exploring issues beyond the immediate and specific needs of the survey course. Ways of introducing social history themes will be discussed. Also included is a demonstration of a Smithsonian Web site that provides artifacts and online exercises, which can be used in the classroom to enrich primary research skills. The session will examine student responses to social history questions on the AP U.S. History Exam in order to understand the impact of changes in course content.

Presenters(s): Mike Johanek, Executive Director, K-12 Professional Development, The College Board, New York, NY
Louisa Moffitt, Marist School, Atlanta, GA
Uma Venkateswaran, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Diane Vecchio, Furman University , Greenville, SC; Subject(s): Statistics
Lessons Learned from Previous AP Statistics Exams; This session will explore simple things students can do to dramatically improve their AP Exam scores. We will look at selected student responses to see how students have lost points on the 1997 - 2003 exams, and simple ways to avoid these point deductions. Observations will be shared from an author, reader, and table leader. Please bring a TI-83 graphing calculator.

Presenters(s): Dan Yates, Varina High School, Richmond, VA; Incorporating MyRoad into Academic Curricula; In this session, a panel of active users will share their approaches and successes in incorporating MyRoad™ (www.myroad.com) into subject curricula. MyRoad is the College Board's Web-based college and career-planning program. This panel will discuss the process from planning, to implementation, to measurable outcomes of their efforts in merging college and career planning activities into the classroom using MyRoad as the medium. Attendees will learn, for example, how MyRoad-centered activities may be used in the context of the English classroom to propel students in their career planning efforts while having them produce graded written work.

Presenters(s): Jason Chu
Nadine Maxwell
Angela Caira, Shawsheen Valley Technical HS; Subject(s): U.S. History, Government & Politics: United States, Economics: Micro, Economics: Macro
Teaching Oligopoly Behavior Using Game Theory; There has been a major transformation in the way that oligopoly and related competition have been modeled and taught in economics. Game theory has become a widely used approach to model strategic interactions between firms in a given industry. This presentation will focus on the basic elements of game theory and how it is used in economics, and it will offer suggestions on how to best teach and apply this concept in examining the behavior of firms in oligopolistic industries.

Presenters(s): Gregory H. Wassall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Fekru Debebe; Subject(s): Chemistry
Using Writing to Enhance Learning in Chemistry; Many students lack the ability to write effective answers to explain questions on the AP Chemistry Examination. In the 2003 Student Performance Q and A, the message to teachers for improving performance of their students on the exam was to improve students writing ability. This suggestion was made on each of the three essay questions. This session will share examples of how to promote understanding of chemistry through writing while improving students writing and thinking skills.

Presenters(s): Lisa A. Zuraw, The Citadel, Charleston, SC
Carol B. Brown, Saint Marys Hall, San Antonio, TX; Using AP Central: An Overview of the Site; The session will explore AP Central®, the online home for AP Professionals and the Pre-AP community, and the rich teching resources the site provides. Learn how to register and personalize your online experience while you find the most up-to-date information about the courses, the exams, and AP Program research, including free-response questions and summary reports for each year's administration. Participate in an interactive search for reviews of classroom resources and professional development opportunities in your discipline.

Presenters(s): Ed Nothnagle, Director, Technology and Digital Production, K-12 Professional Development, The College Board, New York, NY; CONFERENCE SESSIONS; Subject(s): Music Theory
A Close Look at AP Music Theory; In this session we take a close look at the aural and non-aural free-response and multiple-choice sections of the AP Music Theory Exam. We will examine how the questions are constructed and what aspects of music theory are typically tested in each question type. In addition, we will provide tips to help teachers prepare students for success on these music-theory tasks, and hints to share with students as to what they should keep in mind when they take the various portions of the test to avoid common errors.

Presenters(s): Jane Clendinning, University High School, Tallahassee, FL
Patrick McCreless, Professor of Music Theory, Yale University, New Haven, CT; How the SAT is Changing in Critical Reading and Writing and What It Might Mean to You; Learn about changes found in the new SAT, especially the writing and critical reading sections, from a researcher and a Writing Committee member who have been directly involved in every aspect of the development of the test.

Presenters(s): Amy Schmidt, Executive Director, Higher Education Research, The College Board, New York, NY
Bernard Phelan, English Teacher, Barrington High School, Barrington, IL; Subject(s): Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, Calculus BC, Calculus AB
The Best of Both Worlds - Teaching AP Calculus AB (and/or BC) and AP Physics C; The benefits of teaching the same group of students across the disciplines of Calculus and Physics will be explored by two teachers who have done it from two different perspectives-one teacher from the perspective of teaching with another teacher, and one teacher teaching both courses simultaneously. Teaching both courses in close harmony has built-in content-teaming potential, and has potential to be very effective in reaching all students with the conceptual clarity, mathematical rigor, and built-in connections that students from both disciplines often miss out on. Other built-in components of teaching such a course can be especially important when one is dealing with students from weaker or urban backgrounds or as one begins a new AP program.

Presenters(s): Susan Schwartz, Albert Einstein High School, Silver Spring, MD
Michael Dixon, Assistant Professor of Education, Gordon College, Wenham, MA; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Computer Science
Using JavaScript for Computer Science in the Pre-AP Years; The World Wide Web is an electronic community that has captured the attention of a diverse cross section of students throughout the world. This session will show how Web pages can be used to introduce important computer science concepts, using the JavaScript programming language.

Presenters(s): Richard Kick, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator, Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator
Challenging Consolidation: Bringing AP to Small Schools; Even though the past two decades have seen an increase in larger schools because of budget crunches, small rural schools remain a truly American tradition. These schools dot the landscape, but their students often miss out on the challenges AP courses offer. This session will explore techniques that have been used successfully in small rural schools in West Virginia and will consider the financing of AP courses. Participants will learn ways to cope with the threat of consolidation, dwindling enrollments, and lack of preparation for AP courses.

Presenters(s): Karen Moore Reynolds, Williamson High School, Williamson, WV; Subject(s): Biology
Teaching Animal Anatomy and Physiology in the AP Biology Curriculum; This session will deal with specific content and how to structure teaching units for classes in given time frames. The session will be packed with specific activities, lecture topics with outlines, demonstrations and labs (both traditional and alternative), and a way to fit it all into a yearlong schedule.

Presenters(s): Joan Rasmussen, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South; Subject(s): Psychology
An Active Approach to AP Psychology; This session will provide instruction in tried-and-true demonstrations and activities designed to make the psychology curriculum come to life, promote critical thinking, and deepen mastery of key concepts. The activities and demonstrations will span the breadth of the summary outline from the AP course description. Not all major areas can be completely covered in a 90-minute session, but all can be significantly introduced and discussed. Participants will receive information about sources of additional activities and demonstrations so they can continue to strengthen their curricula after the conference.

Presenters(s): Charles Blair-Broeker, Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls, IA
Randy Ernst; Subject(s): Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator
The Pre-AP Years: Insights into a District's Quest for High Student Achievement; This session will focus on the implementation of vertical teaming and Pre-AP strategies in multiple middle school environments. It will address the practical challenges and celebrations that one middle school experienced during its first year as it went through training and teaming to develop a dynamic program designed to prepare students for advanced academic rigor at the high school level. The session will also look at how the school district used Pre-AP strategies and vertical teaming to support student achievement in five different middle schools.

Presenters(s): Kym Leblanc-Monacelli, Adams 12 - Five Star School District, North Glenn, CO; Subject(s): U.S. History, Government & Politics: United States, Government & Politics: Comparative
Does It Matter How We Elect Our Presidents? Teaching the Electoral College; As Americans prepare for the presidential election in November, we are polarized on many dimensions, including the way we go about choosing the president. Is the electoral college a satisfactory method of presidential selection? Does the electoral college protect the interests of the states, especially small states, or of racial and ethnic minorities? Would direct election of the president fragment the party system, lead to increased fraud and recounts, or undermine a president's claim to a mandate? Answering these questions is an excellent integrating device for students of American government because it requires referring to the Constitution, federalism, political parties, voting behavior, and the presidency. Professor Edwards, one of the country's leading experts on the presidency, addresses critical questions about the electoral college and shows how to make an eighteenth-century mechanism relevant to twenty-first-century students.

Presenters(s): George C. Edwards, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM: BREAK
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM: Subject(s): Studio Art: Drawing
Developing the Concentration in Studio Art; This session will address the development of the concentration in all three portfolios. It will include handouts, slide presentations, and discussion.

Presenters(s): Joann Winkler, Clinton High School, Clinton, IA; AP Central Online: Expanding Professional Development; In this session we will demonstrate how AP Central is extending the reach of professional development to teachers and administrators in small and rural schools, as well to those with budgetary and travel constraints, by offering online informational and workshop sessions. Participants will experience a live session as well as an archived session from AP Central's library of recorded events. They will learn how AP Central is incorporating streaming video and audio, live applications, slides, chat, polls, and Web sites to enhance the online learning experience. This session will be streamed live, in real time, to a preregistered Web-based audience.

Presenters(s): Donna de Soto, The College Board, New York, NY
Larence Charap
Barbara Ramsey, Chamberlain High School, Tampa, FL; AP Student Advice to Teachers; The College Board Student Advisory Panel will hold its annual summer meeting at the AP National Conference. The students invite AP teachers to visit with them for a conversation about their recent experiences with the AP Program.; Subject(s): World History, U.S. History, Human Geography, Government & Politics: United States, Government & Politics: Comparative, European History
Using Games and Projects to Teach AP Social Science Courses; This session will provide participants with a wide variety of games and projects to integrate into the teaching of AP social science courses. Participants will be provided with game and project descriptions and rubrics from an experienced AP social science teacher. Projects and games demand active involvement in AP classes and encourage the use of higher-level thinking skills among students.

Presenters(s): Kelley Stone, Pacifica High School, Oxnard, CA; Subject(s): Calculus BC, Calculus AB
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; This will be a collection of short pieces on the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: vignettes from its history, ways to teach it, and issues that arise from different teaching approaches.

Presenters(s): David Bressoud, Macalester, St. Paul, MN; Subject(s): Economics: Micro, Economics: Macro
Understanding the Distinction Between the Loanable-Funds Market and the Money Market; This presentation will focus on two different but related concepts, the loanable funds market and international capital flows, and will offer an effective way to introduce and integrate these two concepts. The authors will first identify and highlight the important elements of the loanable funds market and show the determination of the real interest rate. Second, the paper will estabilish the link between the real interest rate and international capital flows. It will show how trade flows and changes in fiscal and monetary policy affect international capital flows, and how capital flows affect exchange rates in the foreign-exchange markets.

Presenters(s): Peggy Pride, St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, MO
Arthur Raymond, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA; Questions and Suggestions for the AP Program; Directors and Executive Directors of the AP Program from the College Board and Educational Testing Service will answer questions from the audience and hear concerns about and suggestions for the improvement of the AP Program. Participants in this moderated discussion will share feedback on and learn about AP Program structure.

Presenters(s): Trevor Packer, Executive Director, Advanced Placement Program, The College Board, New York, NY
Stephen Meshanko, Director of Advanced Placement Program, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Science, Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics
Girls in Math and Science; This session will discuss ways to increase the number of girls who participate in advanced levels of math and science. Participants will receive strategies to increase girls' participation and retention in higher-level math and science courses.

Presenters(s): Tameka Mack, Ansonia Middle School, Ansonia, CT; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator
AP Credit and Placement Policies in Practice at Colleges and Universities; The experience of taking an AP course and exam provides numerous benefits to students as they move from high school to college. Admissions officials recognize AP courses as evidence that the student has taken a rigorous high school curriculum, and thus AP often plays a role in the admissions process. Additionally, most postsecondary institutions grant college credit and/or advanced placement to students with qualifying AP Exam scores. This presentation will share results from a new research study on AP student performance in college, and provide new data on credit and placement policies at higher education institutions across the country.

Presenters(s): Walt Jimenez, Director, Curriculum and Assessment, The College Board, New York, NY
Allison Clark, Assistant Director, College and Universities, The College Board, New York, NY; Subject(s): Human Geography
Human Geography and Cultural Landscape; A key skill in human geography is the interpretation of the cultural landscape. Members of the AP Human Geography Development Committee will explain the concept of cultural landscape, demonstrate how interpretation of the cultural landscape can be taught in the AP classroom, and show how this concept is developed for the AP Exam, using one of the free-response questions from the 2003 Exam as a model.

Presenters(s): Barbara Hildebrant, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Patricia Gober, Arizona State University
Paul Gray, Russelville High School; Subject(s): Government & Politics: Comparative
The New AP Comparative Government and Politics Test; Participants will gain an understanding of how the AP Comparative Government and Politics Exam and the course will change.

Presenters(s): Jean Robinson, Indiana State University, Bloomington, IN; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics
Examining a Curriculum Strand: Preparing Students for AP Statistics - Linearization of Data; This session will examine a series of activities for grades 7-11 designed to introduce students to the AP Statistics topic of linearization of data while at the same time reinforcing the mathematics they are currently learning.

Presenters(s): Dixie Ross, Pflugerville High School, Austin, TX; Subject(s): Statistics, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, Physics B, Calculus BC, Calculus AB
Using Technology to Prepare Students for AP Physics/Calculus/Statistics: A Summary of Possibilities and Realities; This session will take a hands-on look at various technological interactions that occur or could occur with students in the Pre-AP years and in physical science classes. It will address how these interactions help students as they access the AP curriculum.

Presenters(s): David Young, Fayetteville Public Schools, Fayetteville, AR; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in French, French Language
Topics on the French News; This session will explore the wealth of activities that can be done using the French news program, which is broadcast on national television with subtitles in English. Using the taped segments in class, the students have the opportunity to see firsthand the major stories that appear on the French broadcast. The topics for the various segments revolve around a myriad of topics: politics, weather conditions, tornados, hurricanes, floods, heat waves, medicine, education, sports, style, problems during adolescents, and human- interest stories. These segments can be shown in five minute intervals during a class period. Participants will see that using these broadcast versions of the French news is an effective teaching tool that not only enhances the students listening comprehension and speaking skills, but it also provides the students with the opportunity to observe the variety and traditions that make up the Francophone world.

Presenters(s): Rita Davis, The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont, PA; Subject(s): U.S. History
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Celebrating Your First Year of Teaching AP U.S. History; This session celebrates the teachers who have just finished their first year of teaching AP U.S. History. Participants will share successes and discuss strategies to make their second year more enjoyable. Participants will enjoy an opportunity for directed journaling on how teaching AP U.S. History changed their lives. All participants are encouraged to bring an activity to share, and everyone will receive a collection of ready-to-use primary source documents from the moderator.

Presenters(s): Ezra Allen Adams, Conserve School, Land O'Lakes, WI; CONFERENCE SESSIONS; Subject(s): Statistics
Integrating Content Area II (Planning a Study) Throughout the Year in AP Statistics; Often, an initial discussion of planning a study appears early in textbooks used in AP Statistics courses, but it is not always the case that teachers present those basic concepts as early as possible in the year. These concepts often represent very different ways of thinking for students and cannot be fully learned in one, or even several lessons. Furthermore, these vital concepts may not be revisited later in the course. This session will look at ways to integrate these important concepts more fully into the course throughout the year. Examples will be provided.

Presenters(s): Michael Legacy, Greenhill School, Addison, TX; SpringBoard: A Comprehensive, 6-12 English Language Arts and Mathematics Program for Academic Success; To voice support for educational excellence and equity is good. To create a 6-12 English language arts and mathematics program that attempts to institutionalize these values through an integrated program of standards, professional development, instructional resources, and diagnostic assessments and reports, is better. Attend this session and learn how SpringBoard™, the College Board's new comprehensive 6-12 english language arts and mathematics program, can help your school district enhance teacher preparation and improve student achievement,and how SpringBoard™ can prepare your students for the challenges and opportunities associated with postsecondary education.; Subject(s): Pre-AP Strategies in Spanish
Walking the AP Path: A Set of Class Activities That Includes an Integrated Reading System and Projects for AP Students and Students in the Pre-AP Years; This presentation will consist of a myriad of Pre-AP and AP class activities that help teachers to walk the AP path. Among the class activities presented are games applied to listening dialogues and narratives that are dynamic and efficient. Theme-based video projects focus on the four areas of language learning, as well as on its cultural aspects. One proposed activity is a Spanish reading program that promotes fluency and comprehension with the 100 Book Challenge, which helps students build confidence and stamina with quick results that transcend to all other areas of language acquisition. The session includes an international online exchange project, featuring a live, online teleconference with teachers in Spain and Buenos Aires for the exchange of ideas and methodology.

Presenters(s): Alicia Migliarini, Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana, CA; Subject(s): Art History
Broadening the Base: Teaching Art History in an Age of "Material Culture"; The visual arts are among the most sophisticated forms of human communication, but in an age of material culture how do teachers of the arts and humanities present works of art so that they become meaningful to students? The presenter and author of the book Art History states that the history of art may well be the original interdisciplinary study. When we present art works in their full cultural context, we lead our students to an understanding and appreciation of the ideals and achievements of other times and places, and so enrich their lives.

Presenters(s): Marilyn Stokstad, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Lawrence, KS; Subject(s): Administrator/Coordinator, Pre-AP Administrator/Coordinator, Pre-AP Strategies in Social Studies
Foundations of Success - Vertically and Horizontally; This session will be guided by the following discussion questions: 1) What is taught in the participant's district grades 6-12? 2) What would you like to see reinforced in your curriculum? 3) How are parents and community involved? 4) Do you have administrative support? The session will address how to form a Vertical/Horizontal Team and set up meetings. It will also discuss the importance of using an outside consultant to help with the following: 1) creating a rubric of skills to be used throughout discipline, and 2) learning how to apply skills to all teachers/levels/content. Other best practices will also be addressed.

Presenters(s): Stephanie McConnell, Rogers Public Schools, Rogers, AR
Richard Bland
Marla Annen-Ruiz
Kathleen Blankenship; Subject(s): Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, Physics B, Chemistry, Biology
Using the AP Digital Library in the Teaching and Learning of AP Biology, Physics, and Chemistry; Participants will be introduced to the AP Digital Library for biology, physics, and chemistry. Funded by the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library, this project houses freely available Web resources linked to AP content outlines in each subject. Only reviewed resources accepted by master AP teachers and higher education faculty involved with the AP Program appear in this collection. Resources are further categorized as AP or Pre-AP and are searchable by a number of other useful categories. The library and other technological resources will become a teaching and learning resource for the attendees.

Presenters(s): Siva Kumari, Rice University, Houston, TX
Laura Russell, Rice University; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition, English Language & Composition
Soup for the First-Year AP Teacher's Soul; Are you feeling both honored and overwhelmed with your new AP teaching assignment? Do you feel as though you've boarded a sinking ship and you have only an eyedropper with which to bail? Hold on tight, there are islands of relief. Follow the ups and downs in the documented journey of a first-year AP instructor. Take away with you an abbreviated handout and a floppy disk full of ideas and sources for developing a curriculum that incorporates poetry, short fiction, and novels of "literary merit"; their AP-styled assessments; and techniques to lighten your paper load. Learn to do a few things, but do them very well.

Presenters(s): Christina Lacie, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Redondo Beach, CA; Subject(s): Spanish Literature, Spanish Language, German Language, French Literature, French Language
Preparing Students for Success on the Essay Portion of the AP Spanish/French/German Exam; The focus of this session will be on the essay portion of the AP Spanish, French, and German Exams. After a brief discussion about the rubrics and scoring of the exams, as well as their commonalities and differences, the presenters will examine strategies that can lead to successful essay writing. Participants will become more familiar with the writing process and how to teach it to their AP students as it applies to second language writing. Also included in the discussion will be strategies for effective peer revision and editing as well as overall hints for improved essay writing and how to manage the corrections, revisions, and grading of students' work.

Presenters(s): Marcia Wilbur, The College Board, Duluth, GA
Ken Stewart, Chapel Hill High School; Subject(s): English Literature & Composition, English Language & Composition
Surefire AP Composition Strategies; An upper-half score on the AP Composition Exam essays, Language or Literature, is within the reach of every AP student. Strategies that enable students to decode the prompt efficiently and marshal support for a response build confidence and writing skill. Participants will learn to help students spot the two types of analysis tasks - "what/how" and "compare/contrast" - and to use close-reading skills in analyzing the passage for the author's meaning or purpose. Argumentation and persuasion prompts signal the student to take a stand and draw support from outside the passage. Participants will learn to help students use appropriate evidence and develop argumentation strategies that will boost the students to upper-half writing.

Presenters(s): Carol Tebbs, Glen A. Wilson High School and Kepler College, La Quinta, CA
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