What is AP Research?
AP Research is a year-long exploration in which students join the community of scholars and complete original research. The endgame is an original 4,000-5,000 word paper comprised of a review of existing literature, the development and execution of a new research study, and a situation of the new findings within the body of scholarship. Students will then present and defend their studies to a panel.
Basically, we are going to create knowledge where there is none. Not a bad way to spend your senior year.
- Miss Davis
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What kind of things can I research?Literally anything. This course is about the skills, not the subject. . .so you can choose any subject you want to study! We have seen everything from hard science involving lab rats to movie analysis to robotics to local history to musical styles. The only thing limiting your selection of possible studies is your imagination!
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What makes up my AP Research score?
There are two separate answers to this. First, let's look at your AP score. There is no test for AP Research. The test score is comprised of the two performance tasks that are the major outcomes from the course. The 4,000 - 5,000 word academic paper counts for 75% of the AP score and the remaining 25% is the score of the oral presentation and panel defense that comes after the completion of the academic paper.
Since the two outcomes are the AP score and the instructor is the primary AP grader for those tasks, the school grade CANNOT include any sort of qualitative grade directly related to those two tasks. The course grade, then, will consist of graded progress and reflections connected to those two tasks as well as class activities and projects that will build the skills needed to excel on the performance tasks.
Since the two outcomes are the AP score and the instructor is the primary AP grader for those tasks, the school grade CANNOT include any sort of qualitative grade directly related to those two tasks. The course grade, then, will consist of graded progress and reflections connected to those two tasks as well as class activities and projects that will build the skills needed to excel on the performance tasks.
What does the course look like in reality?AP Research is a tale of two semesters. First semester will be mostly 3 days of instruction and activities with block days reserved for writing and biweekly individual meetings with the instructor. Second semester nearly flips, with most of the class time being used for writing. The academic papers will be due the Friday before spring break. Defenses will take place in the 3rd week of April. After that, knowing that many AP Research students will have other AP exams, outside work ceases and we will use class time to prepare to present our research at the PMHS Capstone Symposium the Thursday night before senior finals.
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Okay, I really like to know EVERYTHING. Where can I find more information?
Here is the AP Research Course and Exam Description. It is the tool that guides everything.
| ap-research-course-and-exam-description__1_.pdf |
This is the calendar for 2018-2019.
This is the 2017-2018 course syllabus.
| apresearchsyllabus.pdf |
What if I still have questions?
See Miss Davis in 2-10E or email her at sdavis@perryschools.org.