Mark Kiraly has taught at Ryan High School in Denton, TX since graduating from Michigan State University in 1993. Over the years he has taught nearly every mathematics class offered at Ryan in addition to a couple of years of physics. He has been teaching AP Calculus AB and BC since 1998. Mark was first an AP Reader in 2005 becoming a Table Leader in 2010. Starting in 2013, Mark was a Question Leader and has been an Exam Leader since 2020 through the 2024 exam. He has enjoyed helping to set standards and train readers on the reading of specific problems, including both secure and operational forms of the AB and BC exams. Mr. Kiraly has been consulting since 2015 and enjoyed the opportunity to work with local teachers and those outside of Texas (ten states and counting). Since the spring of 2020, he and his good friend Virge Cornelius have been able to collaborate on the Calculus AB AP Live videos broadcasting on YouTube for 45 minutes each day (33 lessons in 2020 and 8 each in 2021 through 2024) to help tens of thousands of students worldwide prepare for the AP Calculus Exams. In the fall of 2020, he was named the Lead Teacher for AP Daily, a series of short videos in AP Classroom aligned to each topic from Calculus AB in the Course and Exam Description (CED). He is an active member of the online AP community working as admin on the AP Calc TEACHERS AB/BC Facebook group. Mark enjoys working with others passionate about mathematics. He lives in Denton with his wife, an AP Biology teacher, their son and daughter, their pets and some poultry.
MARK KIRALY
COURSE DESCRIPTION
AP CALCULUS AB COURSE DESCRIPTION
This Institute will focus on the Calculus curriculum as outlined by The College Board. It will include a study of four major components: limits, rates of change, indefinite integrals, and accumulation using definite integrals. We will discuss the framework for AP Calculus as outlined by the College Board in the 2019-2020 Course and Exam Description.
We will investigate the concepts using numerical, graphical, symbolic, and verbal perspectives. Concepts and lessons that promote student understanding of major ideas will be emphasized. Each participant will receive classroom-tested worksheets, programs, and activities. Special attention will be given to assessment of written student responses in light of the change to the Hybrid model of the exam in 2025. The TI 84 family of graphing calculators will be used primarily for instruction but all other are welcome and some support provided. Each participant should bring their text book (digitally is okay), a device to receive digital documents, and a graphing calculator.
AGENDA
Mark Kiraly – 4 Day Calculus AB APSI Agenda
This is simply a road map. One way to complete our journey. I will allow your input and the conversations of the day lead to tangential day trips whenever we feel the need. As calculus teachers we should be very open to tangential paths.
Day 1 AM:
Welcome/Introduction; Workshop Details & Mathematical Practices on Past Exams; Start looking at the AP Exam.
Lunch Break
PM: Spiraling/Scaffolding/Rebuilding/Instruction; Functions and Derivatives in the Newspaper;
Mathematical Practices on Past Exams; Start looking at the AP Exam.
Day 2 AM:
Q&A about Monday; Websites and Online Resources (bring your favorites to share); Circuits. Limits; Unit Guides & AP Classroom; AP's Theoretical Pacing.
Lunch Break
PM: My Pacing/Scheduling; Recent Changes; Riemann Sums; L'Hospital's Rule; Differential Equations; 2024 FRQ 3; Planning for You.
Day 3 AM:
Accumulation Model of FTC / Family of Equations; 2024 AB/BC 1; Calculator Use on the
AP Exam (and in class); Diversity and Inclusion; IPRs
Lunch Break
PM: Area/Volume; 2021 AB/BC 3; 2022 AB 2; Rate In/Rate Out; Graphic Stems / Tabular Stems; Work / Create / Investigative Tasks.
Day 4 AM : Rectilinear Motion / Related Rates; Participant's Choice; Participant Share; Graphic/Tabular Stems
Lunch Break
PM: Participants’ Choice; The reading; Scoring; Common Errors; Remaining 2025 FRQ
This Institute will focus on the Calculus curriculum as outlined by The College Board. It will include a study of four major components: limits, rates of change, indefinite integrals, and accumulation using definite integrals. We will discuss the framework for AP Calculus as outlined by the College Board in the 2019-2020 Course and Exam Description.
We will investigate the concepts using numerical, graphical, symbolic, and verbal perspectives. Concepts and lessons that promote student understanding of major ideas will be emphasized. Each participant will receive classroom-tested worksheets, programs, and activities. Special attention will be given to assessment of written student responses in light of the change to the Hybrid model of the exam in 2025. The TI 84 family of graphing calculators will be used primarily for instruction but all other are welcome and some support provided. Each participant should bring their text book (digitally is okay), a device to receive digital documents, and a graphing calculator.
AGENDA
Mark Kiraly – 4 Day Calculus AB APSI Agenda
This is simply a road map. One way to complete our journey. I will allow your input and the conversations of the day lead to tangential day trips whenever we feel the need. As calculus teachers we should be very open to tangential paths.
Day 1 AM:
Welcome/Introduction; Workshop Details & Mathematical Practices on Past Exams; Start looking at the AP Exam.
Lunch Break
PM: Spiraling/Scaffolding/Rebuilding/Instruction; Functions and Derivatives in the Newspaper;
Mathematical Practices on Past Exams; Start looking at the AP Exam.
Day 2 AM:
Q&A about Monday; Websites and Online Resources (bring your favorites to share); Circuits. Limits; Unit Guides & AP Classroom; AP's Theoretical Pacing.
Lunch Break
PM: My Pacing/Scheduling; Recent Changes; Riemann Sums; L'Hospital's Rule; Differential Equations; 2024 FRQ 3; Planning for You.
Day 3 AM:
Accumulation Model of FTC / Family of Equations; 2024 AB/BC 1; Calculator Use on the
AP Exam (and in class); Diversity and Inclusion; IPRs
Lunch Break
PM: Area/Volume; 2021 AB/BC 3; 2022 AB 2; Rate In/Rate Out; Graphic Stems / Tabular Stems; Work / Create / Investigative Tasks.
Day 4 AM : Rectilinear Motion / Related Rates; Participant's Choice; Participant Share; Graphic/Tabular Stems
Lunch Break
PM: Participants’ Choice; The reading; Scoring; Common Errors; Remaining 2025 FRQ