Capstone program
This is the acronym for the (cyclical) instructional foundation of the AP Seminar & AP Research courses.
What is QUEST?
IRR & TMP are the abbreviations for these elements of PT1.
What are Individual Research Report & Team Multimedia Presentation?
IWA & IMP are the abbreviations for these elements of PT2.
What are Individual Written Argument & Individual Multimedia Presentation?
This is the number of questions students answer in EOC Part A.
What is 3?
This element of the AP Seminar assessment contributes 45% to the overall score.
What is the End-of-Course Test (Part A & B)?
Analyzing sources/evidence, constructing evidence-based arguments, understanding context/perspective, and communicating/collaborating are the 4 of the lifelong capabilities AP Capstone students develop.
What are transferable skills?
The maximum number of words in the IRR is this number plus 10%.
What is 1,200? (Thus, the actual maximum is 1,320.)
At least 2 documents from this set must be thematically connected in an AP Seminar student’s IWA and IMP.
What is the Stimulus Material?
Because it requires analysis of an argument, EOC Part A aligns most closely with this part of Performance Task 1.
What is the IRR (Individual Research Report)?
The Team Multimedia Presentation hones students’ diverse AP Seminar QUEST skills but contributes only this percent to the overall AP score.
What is 10%?
AP students receive this when they earn exam scores of 3 or higher for Seminar, Research, and 4 other AP courses.
What is the AP Capstone Diploma?
This element of the TMP is determined by students' interests.
What is the topic or research question?
The maximum number of words in the IWA is this number plus 10%.
What is 2,000? (Thus, the actual maximum is 2,200.)
This final assessment for AP Seminar requires students to analyze 4 sources, determine a theme, construct a unique argument, and synthesize textual evidence from at least 2 sources.
What is EOC Part B?
If a student consistently earns middle-range points on the PT1, PT2, and EOC rubrics, the AP Exam score would be this.
What is 3?
This adjective describes why AP Seminar is a pivotal course for success in future content-focused AP courses across disciplines.
What is foundational?
This paper that contributes to 10% of a student’s AP Score should be focused on a specific lens or perspective of the team's problem.
What is the IRR?
What teachers CAN do in order to help ALL students explore themes, topics, lenses, and perspectives for PT2 individual projects.
What is lead whole-class discussions and lessons of the Stimulus Material?
Arguments from The New York Times, The Guardian, and Politico Magazine are the focus of this Part of the EOC?
What is EOC A?
If a student does not submit their IRR and IWA to the Digital Portfolio by this date and time, they will receive 0 points for approximately 35% of the AP Score.
What is 11:59 PM EST on April 30?
This hyphenated term describes why Seminar and Research are different from other AP courses (and why admissions staff deem them some of the best courses for college preparation).
What is skills-based or skills-focused?
If the TMP has not explained the argument for a team solution by the 10 minute mark, this is the highest score it can earn in Row 1 of the scoring rubric.
What is LOW (or 2 out of 6 points)?
During the Oral Defense, if the student has not clearly explained their answer, the teacher can do this.
What is ask a follow-up clarifying question?
As a written argument, EOC Part B aligns most closely with this Performance Task.
What is PT2 IWA?
An AP Seminar student’s written work (IRR, IWA, & EOC) contributes approximately this percent to the overall exam score.
What is 80?