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“David Porter not only helped me pass my AP Calculus AB/BC class, but helped me get a 5, the highest score possible, on the AP Exam as well! I couldn't have achieved this without his help and support.” Sonoma Academy student
“Mr. Porter has helped me tremendously with my AP Calculus. He is very patient, and explains things clearly, going step by step with anything that I have trouble with. It is always easy to reschedule sessions. Especially, when I have a test or quiz. I can reschedule a session so that it is before the test.” Novato student
“Through my tutoring sessions with David Porter, I was able to enjoy both Pre-calculus and Calculus because I understood what I was learning in class, and I was more confident about my knowledge.” High school student in Marin
“Our tutoring sessions improved my understanding of both precalculus and calculus because you were able to explain lessons differently (or more in-depth) than my teachers. Having a lesson explained a second time greatly helped me.” Marin high school student
What Is Taught In Calculus?
Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz are often both attributed with developing the Calculus. (It is an interesting historical debate as to whether Leibniz discovered Calculus independently of Newton and vice versa.) In any event, Newton used his Calculus to explain the force of universal gravitation that keeps the planets revolving about the sun in orbits first correctly described by Johannes Kepler and later explained further by Galileo.
Perhaps the most important principle taught in Calculus is the concept of a limit. All of Calculus builds on this foundation, and it is a new concept for beginning Calculus students. Calculus is divided into two basic branches: the study of derivatives and the study of integrals. High school Calculus covers both. A visual way to understand the derivative is as an equation that describes the steepness of a curve at different points. A visual way to understand the integral is as an equation that gives the area under a curve.
Calculus is offered in high school as an advanced placement (AP) course. There are two separate AP Calculus courses to choose from: AB and BC. The AB course is a slightly abridged version of college first year Calculus. The BC course is identical to first year college Calculus. The more common course for high school students is the AB course, and not all high schools offer the BC course. Aside from the fact that AB leaves out some of the topics covered by BC, the difficulty level is the same for the two courses.
One key to success in Calculus
To help insure success in Calculus, students must have a very solid understanding of algebra. If the student lacks proficiency with algebra we advise a thorough review over the summer preceding the year of Calculus.
“Mr. Porter has helped me tremendously with my AP Calculus. He is very patient, and explains things clearly, going step by step with anything that I have trouble with. It is always easy to reschedule sessions. Especially, when I have a test or quiz. I can reschedule a session so that it is before the test.” Novato student
“Through my tutoring sessions with David Porter, I was able to enjoy both Pre-calculus and Calculus because I understood what I was learning in class, and I was more confident about my knowledge.” High school student in Marin
“Our tutoring sessions improved my understanding of both precalculus and calculus because you were able to explain lessons differently (or more in-depth) than my teachers. Having a lesson explained a second time greatly helped me.” Marin high school student
What Is Taught In Calculus?
Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz are often both attributed with developing the Calculus. (It is an interesting historical debate as to whether Leibniz discovered Calculus independently of Newton and vice versa.) In any event, Newton used his Calculus to explain the force of universal gravitation that keeps the planets revolving about the sun in orbits first correctly described by Johannes Kepler and later explained further by Galileo.
Perhaps the most important principle taught in Calculus is the concept of a limit. All of Calculus builds on this foundation, and it is a new concept for beginning Calculus students. Calculus is divided into two basic branches: the study of derivatives and the study of integrals. High school Calculus covers both. A visual way to understand the derivative is as an equation that describes the steepness of a curve at different points. A visual way to understand the integral is as an equation that gives the area under a curve.
Calculus is offered in high school as an advanced placement (AP) course. There are two separate AP Calculus courses to choose from: AB and BC. The AB course is a slightly abridged version of college first year Calculus. The BC course is identical to first year college Calculus. The more common course for high school students is the AB course, and not all high schools offer the BC course. Aside from the fact that AB leaves out some of the topics covered by BC, the difficulty level is the same for the two courses.
One key to success in Calculus
To help insure success in Calculus, students must have a very solid understanding of algebra. If the student lacks proficiency with algebra we advise a thorough review over the summer preceding the year of Calculus.