END Of year Reflection
1) I think that I had a pretty successful semester. I really enjoyed all the projects and assignments, and I learned a lot about many different math subjects, from logarithms and exponents to graphing conic sections. I think that something I could improve on next year would be to check my grades in powerschool more often so I can make sure I am on top of my grades, and to start my homework in class when we have the opportunity so I have less work to do later.
2)One project I remember was the final exam project. This project was memorable because it was the first final exam I had done, and because we wrote the exam ourselves. Each person in the class drafted 10 potential problems of varying difficulty that could be on the exam-three easy, three medium, three hard, and one impossible. After we turned those in, we compounded all the good problems into a two day final that was worth 400 points. I think this project was cool because it tested our knowledge of the concepts before we even started the tests.
2)One project I remember was the final exam project. This project was memorable because it was the first final exam I had done, and because we wrote the exam ourselves. Each person in the class drafted 10 potential problems of varying difficulty that could be on the exam-three easy, three medium, three hard, and one impossible. After we turned those in, we compounded all the good problems into a two day final that was worth 400 points. I think this project was cool because it tested our knowledge of the concepts before we even started the tests.
MINi Project #1 (Linear Equations)I really enjoyed this mini-project. This project was testing our ability to figure out the slope of lines and our knowledge of the different forms of linear equations. First, we made either a piece of art (and put a grid over it so we could see points) or made a normal line graph over anything we wanted. After we did this, we had to figure out the slope of six different lines and put them in different forms such as slope-intercept form(Y=Mx+B) or standard form(Ax+By =C). I enjoyed this project because it allowed us to be creative while still cementing the information in our brains.
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Final exam projectOne thing I really like about my math class is that the teacher really understands how to get the concept across so we will understand it. One way she does this is by making us do projects that test our knowledge on the subject. So instead of her writing out all the problems for our first semester exam, she is letting us write the exam. Each person has to write and solve 10 problems: 3 easy, 3 medium, 3 hard, and 1 ridiculous. Then, we will compile all of the class's problems and select the best ones for our exam. This way, she is making sure we really know all the concepts because "you don't understand something until you can teach it"
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Strengths and Weaknesses
One of my strengths in math is solving systems of equations. I feel very confident with all the methods such as elimination, substitution and solving by graphing. Below, there is proof that I am confident with this concept as I solve a system using the 3 main methods to solve systems of equations-Elimination, substitution, and graphing
One of my weaknesses in math is multiplying matricies. I understand adding and subtracting matricies but I do not understand multiplying matricies and using the detriments/inverses of matricies. To improve in this area, I will study extra hard for our final exam and do extra practice problems to help me understand matricies.