UCLA Extension Teaching AP Chemistry
UCLA Extension ( Teaching AP Chemistry
Week 1 ( Exam Format and Grading
STUDY LIST
Exam Format
I can...
□ state the timing of the two parts of the AP chemistry exam.
□ state that calculators are not used on the multiple choice portion of the exam.
□ explain three techniques for formatting mathematical multiple choice questions to enable solving without calculators.
□ state the type of calculators allowed on the free response portion of the exam and point students to online AP calculator use policies.
□ explain the NEW scoring of the multiple choice exam and advise students about guessing.
□ list the types of extra information given on each portion of the exam (periodic table, formulas and constants, and table of reduction potentials).
□ sketch the layout of the 6 questions on the free response portion of the AP chemistry exam.
□ state on which questions calculators are allowed.
□ explain the differences in the 2007 exam from earlier versions of the exam.
□ state that the predicting reactions section of the AP exam is unique to AP chemistry and changed format in 2007.
□ state the general % of points needed for a “5”, “4”, and “3” on the AP exam.
Exam Grading:
I can...
□ explain to students how the AP Reading in chemistry is organized and who grades their exams.
□ explain the concept of “backreading” and how the reading strives for fair and accurate scoring of exams.
□ state that each type of free response question (mathematical, predicting reactions, general, and explaining) each have their own grading rubrics.
□ state the significant figure policy for mathematical questions.
□ explain that if a mistake is made on one portion of a question, grading of subsequent portions will use that original mistake, that is, students get credit for doing the right thing with the wrong numbers.
□ explain the difference between the math error point, the significant figure error point, and the conceptual error point.
□ explain how the points are assigned for predicting reactions questions.
□ make the distinction between “explain your answer” and “justify your answer.”
□ help student make the distinction between a correlation and an explanation.
□ help students earn both points on explaining questions.
Collecting Released Exam Questions:
I can...
□ explain that AP questions are very challenging and that both teachers and students learn to do AP problems by doing AP problems.
□ explain the distinction between an exercise and a problem.
□ locate and download recent past free response questions and scoring guidelines from .
□ state the copyright issues associated with AP questions posted online by teachers.
□ download Harvey Gendreau’s collection of AP questions and solutions from past years, sorted by topic.
□ list at least three other sources of questions that might be valuable as practice questions.
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