Preparing for the AP Exam: The Dangers of Teaching to the Test.

Chu, Jonathan M.

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ERIC Number: EJ648155

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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Preparing for the AP Exam: The Dangers of Teaching to the Test.

Chu, Jonathan M.

History Teacher, v33 n4 p511-20 Aug 2000

Argues that poor student performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history examination is due to poor preparation for the exam and the misuse of the AP examination to measure teacher effectiveness and school quality. States that teaching methods must change to enable students to see the relationships among facts in history. (CMK)

Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Equivalency Tests, Low Achievement, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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