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WEBINAR (89 minutes) recorded September 07, 2017


During this webinar, Paul Bonvallet, Chief Reader, outlines the logistics and scoring process for the 2017 AP Chemistry exam and discuss practices for consistent, fair, and accurate grading of the free-response section. The presentation then reviews in detail all the free-response questions from the 2017 AP Chemistry Exam and highlights the most common student misconceptions revealed during the scoring of 160,000 test papers. The presenter also suggests several teaching strategies to address these common misconceptions in the classroom and in the teaching laboratory. The webinar includes information on the application process for becoming an AP Chemistry Reader.

Please download a copy of the AP Chemistry Scoring Guidelines so that you can refer to them during the webinar: http://bit.ly/2017-Scoring