AP Calculus

Special Focus: The Fundamental
Theorem of Calculus
Mark Howell is a teacher of AP Calculus and AP Computer Science at Gonzaga College
High School. Mark has served the AP community as a workshop leader, AP Exam Reader,
Table Leader, and Question Leader. He was also a member of the AP Calculus Development
Committee from 1996 to 1999. Mark won the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in
1999, the Tandy Technology Scholars Award the same year, and a state-level Presidential
Teacher Award in 1993.
Stephen Kokoska is a professor of mathematics at Bloomsburg University. He is a
consultant for the College Board and has been the BC Exam Leader at the AP Calculus
Reading. Steve’s research interests include the statistical analysis of cancer chemoprevention
experiments. This work involves the development of mathematical models and innovative
statistical methods to evaluate cancer-inhibiting or enhancing substances.
Steven Olson teaches mathematics at both Hingham High School and Northeastern
University. Steve has been an AP Exam Reader since 1980 and has taught AP Calculus
since 1970. He was a member of the AP Calculus Development Committee from 1993 to
1996 and continues to lead AP institutes around the country for the College Board. Steve
is a state-level winner of the Presidential Award and a winner of the Siemens Award, and
he was the New England Outstanding AP Teacher of the Year in 2001.
Larry Riddle is a professor of mathematics at Agnes Scott College. He served as the Chief
Reader for the AP Calculus Exam from 2000 to 2003. Larry and his math students have
created a Web site on women mathematicians, which has been featured on NPR’s 51 Percent
and in numerous articles. His interest in the use of technology in teaching mathematics has
led him to develop a software program called IFS Construction Kit for teaching about the
fractals associated with iterated function systems.
J. T. Sutcliffe, who holds the Founders Master Teaching Chair at St. Mark’s School of Texas,
was an AP Calculus Reader and Table Leader from 1977 to 1988 and an Exam Leader from
1989 to 1992. She served on the AP Calculus Development Committee from 1979 to 1982.
A recipient of the Presidential Award for Mathematics Teaching and Siemens and Tandy
Technology Scholars Awards, she has served as a College Board consultant and led many
AP institutes since 1980.
Lisa Townsley joined the faculty at Benedictine University in 1987. Lisa teaches a variety
of mathematics courses, including calculus, linear and abstract algebra, and discrete
mathematics. Her interests lie in writing about group cohomology, working with student
researchers, and effectively employing technology in classroom discovery. Lisa has been a
Question Leader at the AP Calculus Reading and is a frequent contributor to AP Central.
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