Participating schools will be classified as "Division I" or "Division II," depending on their enrollment, as reported on the registration form. The "cut-off" enrollment used to specify Division I or II will be determined based on the number and sizes of the participating schools.
At registration, students and coaches will receive t-shirts and name tags, and coaches will be notified whether their school is competing as a Division I or II school. Coaches will be required to identify the members of each team. A parking permit and other information will be made available.
A ninety-minute individual test will be given to each participant in the morning beginning at 10 a.m.
Test questions will cover material described in Sections I, II and III of the Advanced Placement outline of topics for AP Calculus (AB), which may be found at http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/students/calculus/cours002.html.
Calculators will not be allowed for the individual tests.
There will be 40 multiple choice questions. The first 10 questions will be questions on general knowledge covering all material in an AP (AB) course. The second 10 questions will be more conceptual and may require combining knowledge from several areas of calculus. The third 10 questions will be "tricky," or will have some twist requiring a deeper understanding of calculus. The fourth 10 questions will be the most challenging. There will be five (5) multiple choice answers for each question including "none of the above."
Each individual test score will equal the number of correct answers minus one fourth the number of incorrect answers.
If there are ties for first, second or third place, the following rules will be applied sequentially to those tests with tied scores until the ties are broken:
A copy of the individual test will be made available to coaches during the morning contest.
Each team must consist of two, three, or four members. Schools with only one participant may have that student assigned to a team for the afternoon competition. Teams composed of individuals from different schools are eligible for team awards, but their team score will not contribute toward a school score.
Each team will sit at one table. Calculators will not be allowed for the team competition.
There will be eight (8) questions. Ten (10) minutes will be allocated to each question. All teams will begin work on a question simultaneously. A digital clock will indicate the time remaining from the 10 minutes. When a team has an answer, they raise their hand and a runner will immediately collect their answer and note the time remaining. The answer will be taken to the graders and if correct, the score for that question will be the "ceiling function" of the minutes remaining, i.e., the smallest whole number of minutes greater than the time remaining.
Each team score is the total of the points awarded for the 8 questions. Ties among the top team scores will be broken by a sudden death question, with between 1 and 10 points awarded to the answers.
For each team with all members from the same school, a team-school score will be computed as the team score in the afternoon contest plus the average of the individual scores from the morning contest for members of that team. Each school score will be determined as the maximum of team-school scores for the teams representing that school. The team score from a team with members from two or more schools will not be used in determining a school score.
An award ceremony will follow the team competitions. The following awards will be made:
| Division I | Division II | |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Tests | First Second Third |
First Second Third |
| Team Competitions | First Second Third |
First Second Third |
| School | First Second Third |
First Second Third |
Scholarships: We expect to award several $500 Clemson University scholarships to winners of the Individual Competition. The scholarship recipients must attend Clemson during the 2006 fall semester to collect the scholarship award.
Any challenges to questions must be made after the contest is over and by a team coach.
Direct any questions to P. M. Dearing at pmdrn@clemson.edu.