An Introduction to the AP Capstone ™ Program Glen Ridge High School February 7, 2018 Louis A. Melchor
AP Capstone Program Model A two-course sequence that provides students with the critical thinking and research skills needed to succeed in college and stand-out in the admission process AP Research & AP Capstone Seminar Diploma ™ Certificate ™ Students who earn scores of 3 Students who earn scores of 3 or higher on the AP Seminar or higher on the AP Seminar and AP Research Exams and on and AP Research Exams only four additional AP Exams of will receive the AP Seminar their choosing will receive the and Research Certificate™ AP Capstone Diploma™ . AP Capstone: A Paradigm Shift from Content to Skills (Click Link)
AP Seminar Offered to grade 10 and 11 students. Students learn how to: Exam score based on: Investigate real-world topics Example Topics 1. Team Project & Democracy from multiple perspectives Presentation Education Revolution • 25% Freedom Carefully analyze information, Protest Technology write evidence-based Sustainability arguments and effectively 2. Individual Essay & communicate them Presentation • 35% Work independently and with a team to research a topic, develop a written report and 3. Written Exam deliver a presentation • 40% Teachers & Students select and study 2-4 topics.
AP Seminar Assessments Students are assessed with: • 2 through-course performance tasks and • 1 end-of-course exam. All three assessments are summative and used to calculate a final AP score (using the 1 – 5 scale) for AP Seminar.
AP Seminar Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation — 20% of the AP Seminar Score Component Scoring Method Weight Individual Research College Board scored 50% of 20% Report (IRR) (1,200 words) Team Multimedia Teacher scored 50% of 20% Presentation (group score) and Defense (TMP) (8 – 10 minutes, plus defense questions) Recommended Completion Date: February 28 Submission Deadline: April 30, 11:59 p.m. ET
AP Seminar Performance Task 2: Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation — 35% of AP Seminar Score Component Scoring Method Weight Individual Written College Board scored 70% of 35% Argument (IWA) (2,00 words) Individual Multimedia Teacher scored 20% of 35% Presentation (group score) (IMP) (6 – 8 minutes) Oral Defense (OD) Teacher scored 10% of 35% (two questions from the teacher) Recommended Completion Date: April 15 Submission Deadline: April 30, 11:59 p.m. ET
AP Seminar End-of-Course Exam (2 hours) — 45% of AP Seminar Score The exam consists of four items: • 3 short-answer questions that assess analysis of an argument in a single source or document. • 1 essay question that assesses students’ skills in synthesizing and creating an evidence-based argument.
AP Research Students learn how to: Design, plan, and conduct a year-long mentored, research-based investigation Apply research methods and practices to address a real-world topic selected by the student Write a college-level research paper, present and orally defend the findings and research methodology AP Seminar is a prerequisite to AP Research .
AP Research Assessments Component Scoring Method Weight Academic Paper (AP) College Board scored 75% (4,000 – 5,000 words) Presentation and Oral Teacher scored 25% Defense (POD) (15 – 20 (group score) minutes total for presentation followed by three or four questions from a panel of three evaluators) There’s no end -of-course exam for AP Research. Recommended Completion Date: April 15 Submission Deadline: April 30, 11:59 p.m. ET
Click this link to hear what students are saying about AP Capstone “ We get a topic, and we dive deep into it, looking at not “The expectations in the [AP Seminar] course are a lot just the facts but different perspectives, which ones are higher. We are expected to be more responsible and strongest, which ones are missing something… more attentive about what is going on in the world [It]…teaches us to learn and think, and prepares us for around us .” college and life in a way that no other class does …” — Sophomore, N. Miami Beach High School, Miami, FL — Senior, North Central High School, Spokane, WA “[In college interviews,] it gives you something to talk “[I’ve gained] confidence… I speak more now. In this about. I can be really specific and colleges see that you environment your opinion is needed. You feel part of a have an interest.” family .” -Senior, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY — Junior, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY
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