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AP Computer Science Tutoring FAQ

Varsity Tutors can help your student get more out of their AP course by connecting them with an AP Computer Science A tutor. This is a learning tool that will give your student the chance to get personalized guidance and feedback in the areas where they need it most. They can use private instruction as a means of preparing for their final exam in the course and for improving their understanding of key concepts that are covered in the class. Below, you'll find more information about how AP Computer Science A tutors can help your student grow academically. You can also reach out to us directly if you're ready to get your student started with the private instruction process now.

What is AP Computer Science A?

AP courses were created to give students a collegiate-level learning opportunity while they're still in high school. Today, there are AP course offerings in a wide variety of subject areas. Students who decide to take these classes are able to develop their academic skills and knowledge in ways that are hard to achieve through a typical high school class. Your student can even get college credit for the work that they do in their AP course. However, they'll need to pass the AP Computer Science A final exam to do this.

AP Computer Science A is a course that was designed to help high school students familiarize themselves with the concepts and tools of computer science. This is done by teaching the students who take this class the Java programming language. During their course, your student will spend time doing hands-on work with computer programs. They'll spend time writing programs, testing them, and attempting to come up with creative solutions to solve problems and accomplish tasks. In short, AP Computer Science A is a way for your student to learn what it means to be a computer scientist.

AP Computer Science A tutoring is an excellent way to help your student get more out of the time they spend working on this subject area. A private instructor can help your student learn how to design a program, develop an algorithm, test programs, document the code they write, and much more. This is a personalized learning experience that allows your student and their instructor to focus on the topics that are the most important for your student to learn more about. It could be just what your student needs to unlock more of their academic potential in the field of computer science.

Can AP Computer Science A tutors help my student prepare for tests?

At the end of your student’s AP course, they’ll be asked to complete a final exam that covers everything they learned throughout the school year. They'll answer questions on the fundamentals of Java, objects, Boolean expressions, iteration, arrays, and much more. The AP Computer Science A final exam is given over a three-hour testing period and has two different sections. An AP Computer Science A tutor can help your student increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire preparation process for this challenging exam.

The first part of this final exam consists entirely of multiple-choice questions. Your student will answer a total of 40 questions, which will count for 50% of their overall score on the test. This section includes both individual multiple-choice questions and sets of questions. On this portion of the exam, your student will be asked to determine the required code segments to produce a given output, describe the behavior and conditions that lead to results in a program, analyze program code for correctness, and much more. These are all skills that your student can learn more about through their AP Computer Science A tutoring sessions.

On the second part of this exam, your student will answer a total of four free-response questions, which will count for the other 50% of their overall exam score. The first question in this section focuses on methods and control structures. Here, your student will be tasked with writing program code to create objects of class and call methods. They’ll also need to show their ability to satisfy method specifications by using expressions, iterative statements, and conditional statements.

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Recent AP Computer Science Tutoring Session Notes

Online AP Computer Science Tutoring review by Matthew
After a few basic points based on the last assignment, we began by talking about object oriented programming (in general). Examples were adduced from the physical world to help teach the basic points. We then began working on a basic shape calculating program, steadily building the basic concepts of public / private scope, public methods, getters / setters, constructors, and the use of self-created packages. In the course of our discussion, some basic CIS topics were discussed informally (binary numbers and keyboard input) to help explain some questions he had about the assignment and the work that we were currently doing. We finished with an assignment that requires the writing of two classes; one to model rectangle calculations and another to model right triangular ones.
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Online AP Computer Science Tutoring review by Christopher
Today, we covered the iterative method for calculating roots. The student's code was working for the example given, but we will be working to learn how alter the code in order to handle slight changes to a situation.
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Online AP Computer Science Tutoring review by Thorin
This evening, the student and I worked on another practice exam for the science and engineering competition. I reviewed and taught her about arrays, including 2-dimensional arrays. She is starting to absorb the more-complex material.
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Online AP Computer Science Tutoring review by Aaron
We covered some basics of computer programming, including the main function, primitive data types, and syntax. We also practiced a couple math problems using for loops, and I left the student with a practice problem for next week. I will provide some websites and books that may interest him then.
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Online AP Computer Science Tutoring review by Matthew
We went through some free response questions. The student was comfortable doing the first few problems but struggled with the questions toward the end. He is quick to catch himself when he makes errors, and I think the free response questions are helping him improve more than the multiple choice ones.
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Online AP Computer Science Tutoring review by Kevin
We went over generics, the difference between pass-by-value and pass-by-reference, and then did a couple practice Free Response Questions. The student seemed very open to the first two concepts and a couple quick examples did the job. I gave him a short guideline on how to go about solving the free response questions.
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