[nabs-l] AP Economics - Please Help if you have experience

[Emily Pennington]

Hi, Miso.
For me, scribing the graphs really increased my understanding. At any rate, 
having to scribe them made my descriptions better if I was simply following 
along on an in-class practice FRQ, because I really fixed the picture in my 
mind.
I know that in said in-class practice essay questions, there are prompts to 
graph, and that's what I prepared for -- and, I'll admit, feared -- when 
test day rolled around. However, I guess they give kids with documented 
accomodations different tests. On all of my AP tests last year, my questions 
were similar conceptually, but I got the makeup versions from the previous 
year. Furthermore, the other students would be asked, for example, to draw 
something like an aggregate supply-demand graph with an inflationary gap. 
However, instead of asking me to do likewise, I was asked conceptual 
questions about what an inflation would look like in terms of changing 
demand or supply, so I was basically writing a description.
So there's my long, convoluted answer. I hope that helped, too.

Thanks,
Emily
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Miso Kwak" <kwakmiso at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] AP Economics - Please Help if you have experience


> Thank you Arielle, Emily.
> For the previous three units, I have been writing descriptions of 
> graphs...
> Do you think actually scribing the graphs will make situations better?
> I believe micro econ test requires scribing graphs on the exam because 
> teacher gave out some former questions and they asked students to graph.
> Not sure if I will take the exam anyways depending on what college I go 
> and what the policy on AP credits is...
> Miso
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emily Pennington <emilypennington at fuse.net>
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>
> Hi, Miso.
> I didn't take Microeconomics as an AP; rather, I took it last semester in
> college. However, I did take AP Macroeconomics as a senior in high school,
> so I know what you're talking about. In both classes -- although 
> especially
> Macro -- I found that even though I did have to scribe a lot of graphs, 
> they
> all originated from just a few different types. The production 
> possibilities
> curve, the basic supply-demand graph with a few variations, the Phillips
> curve, and so on. It's a bit different for Micro, but the basics are
> similar. So it's not necessarily the graphs that are a bear to memorize, 
> but
> the shifts of the curves and other little variations.
> Additionally, when I took my AP test, I got the same problems with the 
> same
> types of concepts, but what I didn't know until the day of the test was 
> that
> I wouldn't be asked to draw any graphs. That was pleasantly surprising,
> because as much as I studied and felt confident about scribing the graphs,
> it was nice to be able to answer the questions without that pressure of
> scribing a complicated graph.
> I hope that helps somewhat, especially since I took a different AP class.
> Like I said, though, the overall big picture is the same.
>
> Emily
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miso Kwak" <kwakmiso at aol.com>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:03 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] AP Economics - Please Help if you have experience
>
>
>> Hello, I am Miso Kwak who recently joined this e-mail list. I would
>> appreciate any help regarding the matter below.
>> I am currently taking AP Economics as a high school senior (semester
>> long class)
>> Has anyone taken AP Economics specifically micro in ghih school? Or
>> maybe introductory micro economics in college?
>> The textbook is only in brf format and the teacher is trying really
>> hard to make the tactile graphs (she even learned basic Braille) but I
>> am struggling so much in this class mainly because of the graphs.
>> Too late to drop so the best way out is to earn the best grade
>> possible...
>> Any tips/solutions please?
>> Thank you in advance.
>> Miso Kwak
>>
>>
>>
>>
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