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AP prgrams report published



An interesting report for those dealing with AP/IB Math and Science.
Reposted from modeling-l

Dan M

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern AZ Univ
danmac@nau.edu http://purcell.phy.nau.edu PHYS-L list owner


Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:14:24 -0600
From: Paul Gregg Swackhamer <pswackhamer@GLENBROOK.K12.IL.US>
Subject: The AP Science Program Analyzed

A very good critique of the AP and International Baccalaureate programs =
was just released (2/14) by the National Academy of Sciences. It is worth =
a read, especially given the widespread misunderstanding of what the AP =
program really does for us.

Here's the URL:

http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309074401?OpenDocument

Gregg Swackhamer
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