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Calculus of a Single Variable AP Edition, 12E

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Mathematics
Calculus
07040000001: A.P. Calculus (AB) (10-12)

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The goal of this text is to achieve a passing score on the AP Calculus exam. There are extensive teaching notes to guide a teacher through the text and accompanying online platform to help achieve this goal. The text is well written with colorful examples and graphics. All calculus concepts are accounted for, and there are many practice problems in the text and on the online program. The online program includes BC calculus concepts as well.

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Rubric : Mathematics 2025

Compliance with State Law (Required)

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Sensitive Materials and Prohibited Submission 53G-10-103, R277-628	This item has not been graded.

Prohibited discriminatory practices 53G-2-103-5, 53B-1-118 and 67-27-107	This item has not been graded.

Maintaining constitutional freedom in the public schools. 53G-10-202	This item has not been graded.

Free from advertising, e-commerce, or political interest	This item has not been graded.

Focus and Coherence: Non-Negotiable

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Non-negotiable materials must focus coherently on the Major Work of the grade in a way that is consistent with the progressions in the standards.	Student and teachers using the materials as designed devote the majority of time to the Major Work of the grade.	Supporting Work enhances focus and coherence simultaneously by also engaging students in the Major Work of the grade.	Materials follow the grade-by-grade progressions in the Standards. Content from previous or future grades does not unduly interfere.	Lessons that only include mathematics from previous grades are clearly identified.
When using the online material as well as the text these materials provide a comprehensive calculus AB text and accompanying online material.

Rigor and Balance

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The materials support the development of students’ conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts, especially where called for in specific standards or cluster headings.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The materials have many examples that are well illustrated, theorems that are well explained, and problem sets that are scaffold and varied.
The materials are designed so that students attain the fluencies and procedural skills required by the Standards.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The materials provide a high level of practice as well as a high quantity of practice. Using the online system teachers can assign and design their own problem sets to meet student needs.
The materials are designed so that teachers and students spend sufficient time working with applications, without losing focus on the Major Work of each grade. (Are there single and multi-step contextual problems that develop the mathematics of the grade, afford opportunities for practice, and engage students in problem solving?)	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The text and materials have many application problems as well as problems that can be done as tasks in the classroom. Students and teachers can spend amble time working on applications related to calculus.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

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Materials address the practice standards in such a way as to enrich the Major Work of the grade; practice standards strengthen the focus on Major Work instead of detracting from it, in both teacher and student materials.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
Working through the AP Calculus course naturally lends itself to using the mathematical practice standards. As these materials were meant to teach calculus this will be a result.
Tasks and assessments of student learning are designed to provide evidence of students’ proficiency in the Standards of Mathematical Practice.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
Tests and assessments are teacher created so they will only be as powerful of a tool as the teacher makes. However, there are many items in the item bank to choose from to create assessments.
Materials support the Standards’ emphasis on mathematical reasoning.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
Mathematical reasoning is a main goal of these materials.

Access to the Standards for All Students

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Support for English Language learners and other special populations is thoughtful (evidence-based) and helps those students meet the same Standards (and rigor) as all other students. The language in which problems are posed is carefully considered.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
There are EL supports in the online program, but the text is written to a more advanced mathematical audience overall.
Materials provide scaffolding, differentiation, intervention, and support for a broad range of learners with gradual removal of supports, when needed, to allow students to demonstrated their mathematical understanding independently.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The homework sections are divided up into subgroups and are scaffolded with application problems at the end of the homework sets. However, using the online platform teachers can assign homework sets in any order.
Design of lessons incorporates strategies such as using multiple representations, deconstructing/reconstructing the language of problems, providing suggestions for addressing common student difficulties, etc. to ensure grade-level progress for all learners.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
There are many hints in the materials for teachers to help with common student misconceptions as the goal is the pass the AP Calculus test and the materials seem to be heavily written to achieve that goal.
Ethnic Studies- (Ethnic studies in core standards and curriculum should be a narrowly tailored incorporation of age-appropriate opportunities that naturally arise through education without pretextual effort in courses, programs, or activities where ethnic studies is not a primary focus. The material should incorporate a curriculum of people and cultures that reflect the state’s various demographics without commentary that seeks to violate the neutrality standard established in codes: 53B-1-118, 53G-2-103, 53G-2-104, 53G-2-105, 67-27-107,	This item has not been graded.

Shared Values and Character Traits	This item has not been graded.

Assessment

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Multiple measurements of individual student progress occur at regular intervals ensuring success of all students.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
Success for all students in the class is a main goal of these materials.
Assessments measure what students understand and can do through well designed mathematical tasks and applications.	Meets	Partially meets	N/A	Does not meet
The task bank is large to make assessments, but teachers create the assessments themselves.

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