ESTIMATED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME

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Calculus 12 has been developed assuming that teachers have 100 instructional hours available to them. The following chart shows the estimated instructional time for each curriculum suborganizer, expressed as a percentage of total time available to teach the course.

Calculus 12

Organizer (Suborganizer)
% of Time
Problem Solving
Integrated Throughout
Overview and History of Calculus
Integrated Throughout
Functions, Graphs, and Limits (Functions and their Graphs (Limits)
10 - 15
The Derivative (Concept and Interpretations)
10 - 15
The Derivative (Computing Derivatives)
15 - 20

Applications of Derivatives
(Derivatives and the Graph of the Function)
15 - 20
Applications of Derivatives (Applied Problems)
20 - 25
Antidifferentiation (Recovering Functions from their Derivatives)
5 - 10
Antidifferentiation (Applications of Antidifferentiation)
10 - 15

When delivering the prescribed curriculum, teachers may freely adjust the instructional time to meet their students' diverse needs. These estimated instructional times have been recommended by the IRP writers to assist their colleagues; they are suggestions only.

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