1) Have you learned anything new since beginning the year? If so, what concepts have been new? If not, have you improved in your understanding of these concepts?
2) Does the instructor use a wide range of activities to both investigate topics and demonstrate knowledge? What have been your favourite and least favourite activities?
3) Do you feel challenged in this course? If so, how are you being challenged? If not, why do you think that is? What improvements could be made in class to better challenge you or aid your understanding?
I have learnt a lot of new concepts and ways to figure out concepts since the start of the year, mainly in the field of factorization. Before the unit, I was very amaetur at factorizaing, but I was quite good at expanding. During the Pythagoras unit, I was quite comfortable from the start with the theorem, but I learnt a lot about Surds. Simplifying them got really easy for me soon. I feel that the methods of learning have been very effective, as we have used a wide range of tools and multimedia to help us learn. I feel that group investigations have helped me learn the most, as if I am unsure about something, they can help me out. I feel quite challenged by the current Algebra course, as it is not my strongest topic. The pythagoras unit was quite easy for me, especially the unit test. But classwork during that unit was good, as we were set challenging problems that used Trigonometry and Surds.
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ReplyDelete1) Since the beginning of the year, the new concept which I have learned is Pythagoras theorem. I was also unfamiliar with the topic of trigonometry, but after lessons in it, I found it very interesting and it became one of my strong subjects. A concept in which I have enhanced and improved my understanding is algebra by tackling harder problems this year, which interest and challenge me.
2) I believe that my instructor uses wide variety of activities to both investigate topics and demonstrate knowledge. My favourite activities are group discussions, writing on whiteboards, and presenting our case studies or challenges to the whole class. I feel confident and good when I present work to the whole class. I don’t particularly have an activity which I did not like, since Math is one of my strong subjects, and I generally enjoy all types of activities and challenges.
3) Yes, I do believe that I am getting challenged. But I am happy with that and not disappointed, as only challenging questions will help my thinking and help me to solve harder questions, which is more useful. Frankly, the work in class is not too easy but not extremely hard, that I find it hard to cope with, but it is challenging at a level which challenges a person, but interests them too. I think to aid my understanding, more challenging and intriguing challenges and activities should be set out, to really challenge us, while having fun doing math.
This year, I learned how to tackle problems using different methods and I have strengthened some of the skills we learned in the Pythagoras, Trigonometry and Algebra unit. Our instructor uses various methods to help us learn our topic, for example, worksheets and class discussions. I think I learn well in this class environment because the students are very supportive and if anyone has doubts, we'll help out one another. I occasionally feel challenged when we are given problem solving, but during the course of these weeks, I have learned to solve these problems strategically and effectively.
ReplyDeleteSince the start of the year I have become more competent in applying pythagorean theorem. I have become more confident in solving multiple step problems and using trigonometry as another way to solve questions and problems. I have also become faster in solving and factorising algebraic equations or expressions.
ReplyDeleteThe instructor uses a wide rage of activities ranging from games to a quiz. We often play games or do activities which test our knowledge and our learning form the past lessons. My favourite activity was the game in which we had teams and we had to wager points for our answers of questions. I enjoyed that because it tested our skills whilst we had fun doing it. My least favourite activity was the riddle sheets. I did like them at the start and I would enjoy doing a few but I would not like to do a lot of them.
I do feel challenged in this course. I like the way that we go further than what is stated in the curriculum, for example trigonometry. The algebra unit was challenging at some points but I also found it quite straight forward at some points. Overall I think that the way our lessons are laid out and planned is very good and I am looking forward to the rest of the year.
This year, I learnt about simplifying surds and operations with surds. I also, consolidated my knowledge with factorization and formulas in Algebra.
ReplyDeleteYes, in this class, there are a variety of different activities and ways to learn to help us understand better, to consolidate our knowledge and extend ourselves. My favourite would’ve been the games, where we had to work in groups to solve the problem that was given and wager the number of points because it was fun and got us to test our knowledge from this unit and previous units. My least favourite was probably the worksheets.
I do feel challenged in this class, because it is always extending my knowledge on concepts that I have learned, and we are given problems that require thinking to extend ourselves. At the moment, I do understand everything but am being challenged enough in lessons.
I have learned many new concepts since the start of the year. I had not done trigonometry before, but I learned quickly how to use Sine, Cosine and Tangent. I feel I have improved a lot using the Pythagoras Theorem, and investigating the converse of formulas, and if they work or not. I think I have improved the most in Algebra, as I have strengthened my factorising and solving equations. Trinomials were new to me, but I have put them into practice and improved a lot with new concepts. I have also grasped the concept of simplifying surds quickly.I feel we are given a wide range of activities that can be fun, but also improve our knowledge of the concept. Some of my favourite activities are when we have a class competition, when we have a time limit to work out the answer on a whiteboard. The riddle worksheets help me to self-check my work, as if the riddle doesn't make sense, I will know I am wrong. Some of my least favourite activities are when we have to work through a worksheet, as I feel I learn more through working in a group and discussing things.I am challenged at a good level, as it pushes my understanding but isn’t too hard for me at the same time. The work at the start of the unit is relatively easy, but it gets challenging towards the end. For example, I was confident in the Pythagoras Theorem unit, and I was challenged by the trigonometry extension and the quiz that followed it. This challenge is good for me, as I learned a new concept in a short time, and did well on the quiz.
ReplyDeleteThere wasn't any new concepts I learnt this year but I have solidified my understanding from the classwork. For example, the Pythagorus worksheets helped me to review my understanding of Pythagorus. The instructor does use a wide variety of activities to both investigate topics and demonstrate knowledge. The activities ranges from games to worksheets. My least favourite activity is the riddle worksheets as the jokes are not that very good. I sometimes feel challenged in this course when I am looking for patterns in the harder questions. I think the class is running quite smoothly right now as it helps me to revise and solidify concepts and expand my boundaries by solving more challenging problems.
ReplyDeleteI have learnt a lot of math since the start of this year, especially Pythagoras and Trigonometry. I have felt that my understanding has improved a lot and I went from vey little knowledge in Trigonometry and Pythagoras to having a vast knowledge of both subjects. At the start of the Pythagoras unit I only knew the formula of Pythagoras, now I know why the formula works and how to use the formula in a practical way. I didn’t know very much about trigonometry and I didm’t understand it very well when Mr Jobe first explained it but after he gave us homework and he explained to me why I had gone dog I understood the concept much better.
ReplyDeleteMr Jobe uses great range of activities to investigate topics and help us learn. We have used games, physical building of blocks and we have done group investigations etc. I enjoyed all the investigations a lot as I love the feeling when I solve an investigation. I didn’t like the puzzle worksheets too much as the jokes don’t make sense and aren’t too funny.
I feel quite challenged in this course and I think it is because all of the questions that we get in math take a lot of thinking, not just math knowledge but also common sense. I think if we had one on one explanations if we don’t understand the concept with just you against everyone else it would challenge me more and would help make sure I have understood the new concepts that Mr Jobe is trying to teach.
So far this Half Term, I have learnt many things. I think there was a really big difference in my work from the beginning of units to the end, especially in Algebra, because I started the unit no knowing much, and now I think I have a great understanding of all that we have learnt.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite things to do were the group activities, where we got problems to solve and we had to present them, because I think that while solving problems can be easy, it’s much harder to explain what you did, so those exercises helped a lot. I think the worksheets were also helpful. I don’t have a least favorite activity, because even when the work was a little boring, it was very helpful in the end. I think that there are a very wide range of activities.
I really like this class because I feel challenged, and there are always extra things to do if things are ever too easy. The people in this class are also really good at math, so I always have a goal to be as good. I think this is a really good class.
I have learnt lots of math since the start of the year. I have went in depth into Pythagoras I have learnt a whole new subject of Trigonometry. I have already learnt Pythagoras, so the unit was a good revision for me. Trigonometry on the other hand, was brand new for me and I think that it was simple enough for me to understand the concept. I have definitely improved in Trigonometry and Pythagoras.
ReplyDeleteIn class, we do a lot of group investigations and problems. The investigations are about how the idea, for example, a formulae came to be and where it derived from. This really helps me understand how the formulae is really used and how it is used in everyday life. I like the investigations with the charts and inputing in numbers and how the formulae of it came to be because it was challenging for me. I don’t really like to do math problems all day, so a mix of investigations and problems are good.
I feel challenged in this course because I don’t know what we are going to do next in class and it really challenges me because I start something brand new to me almost every class we do investigations. I like the investigations and it really helps me improve and I would like to continue doing investigations.
So far, all the things that we have studied in math this half term I knew all of them. However, I have learnt new ways of doing certain things such as learning how to figure out sides with only one angle when the unknown angle is the denominator. I have definitely improved my understanding of the subjects as we have revised them through and have used a good amount of worksheets to help me remember the subject and how to solve a question. The instructor definitely has used a wide range of activities to make investigating our topics much more enjoyable rather than doing the same thing again and again. My favourite activities has got to be all the different group activities that we have done, especially the activity where we had to break down a house and then build something new. I found that this was extremely effective as it shows that you need to break down an equation before you can do anything else and that activity is helping me remember that. I don’t really have a least favourite on all the activities and work that we have done because, in my opinion, they were really interesting and really got me to focus. I think that the worksheets with the jokes were really good as you would know if you got something wrong because the sentence or joke that it made would not have made any sense. This would be so much better because you can easily self assess rather than going to the teacher, waiting for the teacher to mark it and then take it back and then assess it. The subjects are not that challenging towards me as I would like them to be. However, I have found a way to challenge myself even though the challenges are not too challenging. In this math class, there are so many amazing mathematicians and I challenge myself to do better than them and to do it faster than them. Because of this, I have found the class extremely challenging because the people in this math class are extremely smart and so talented. I think that if we had the chance to create some revision sheets after every subject or be provided with some sheets so that we can easily refer back to the subject.
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Brandon Lim
Despite being absent for a few weeks, I have learnt many things in this year. We started off with the Pythagoras topic and although I was already familiar with the unit, I still learnt how it connects with real life. I was absent for majority of the trigonometry unit but I still managed to learn what I could by looking at the presentations on the math blog.
ReplyDeleteThe instructor does use a variety of activities to enhance our understanding of the topic and I find this very useful (especially since I needed to catch up on a lot of work). I like all activities equally but I find that most of the class likes it when we play math games and do group discussions. I have no least favourite activities as such. Mind you, I missed out on a lot of activities.
I feel quite challenged. The work we do is not easy by any means but not mind-bogglingly hard. I do wish that we could learn at a slightly slower pace because I missed a lot of things while I was absent and had to catch up on a lot. I was absent for a prolonged time and missed out on many new things that my peers learnt. I also wish that Mr Jobe can put more presentations on the wiki so that if anyone is absent, they can simply check the wiki page and get caught up on anything that they missed.
Not only have I learnt a lot of new mathematic, I also learnt how to apply them to different types of situations. For example I learnt how to solve trigonometry questions and quadratic equations. I am now very confident in solving Pythagorus or trigonometry questions.
ReplyDeleteThe class is usually very interesting. I like the wide range of activities, especially the ones that involve everyone. My favourite activity is the group investigation, this is my favourite because it helps to involve everyone equally.
I feel challenged when I am told to find and derive a formula from just a quadratic pattern. But everything else I feel confident in.
1) Have you learned anything new since beginning the year? If so, what concepts have been new? If not, have you improved in your understanding of these concepts?
ReplyDeleteI learned most from the trigonometry unit and algebra unit, learning sine, cosine, tangent functions in trigonometry, and many expanding and factorising techniques such as DOTS (Difference of two squares)
2) Does the instructor use a wide range of activities to both investigate topics and demonstrate knowledge? What have been your favourite and least favourite activities?
Yes - we made objects with coloured blocks, played games and did worksheets. I enjoyed the games we played, like the one we used whiteboards to show our answers and if correct, we would gain points; team with greatest number of points wins. The worksheets got a bit repetitive in the algebra unit and I found I was doing the same problems over and over again, so I liked the worksheets less.
3) Do you feel challenged in this course? If so, how are you being challenged? If not, why do you think that is? What improvements could be made in class to better challenge you or aid your understanding?
I feel challenged, as most of the concepts I learnt were knew ton me, and the practice problems were challenging. It is not too easy or difficult and I think I am learning well in this class.
Have you learned anything new since beginning the year? If so, what concepts have been new? If not, have you improved in your understanding of these concepts?
ReplyDeleteA. Yes, I have learnt a lot of new and interesting things since the beginning of the year. In fact, most of the concepts that we have learnt are pretty new to me. I think I really improved my Pythagoras concepts. However, I’m still working on factorising concepts.
2) Does the instructor use a wide range of activities to both investigate topics and demonstrate knowledge? What have been your favourite and least favourite activities?
Yes, Mr. Jobe uses a wide range of activities to investigate and demonstrate topics like different worksheets, quizzes, puzzles, videos, etc. I really enjoy the activities where we have to practically learn a particular concepts (ex. when we used the blocks), however I don't like the worksheets where there are heaps of difficult sums and we have to solve them all together.
3) Do you feel challenged in this course? If so, how are you being challenged? If not, why do you think that is? What improvements could be made in class to better challenge you or aid your understanding?
Yes, I feel challenged quite a lot in this course. I think this is because I’m new to this kind of learning and I haven't done most of the concepts before. I believe I need to put in extra effort myself to improve my understanding. But maybe if we emphasise on the basic concepts a bit more and do more examples as a whole class, it will help my understanding.
I learned a lot of new things since the beginning of the year. I learned how to solve problems using Pythagoras, how to do surds, what trigonometry is and factorize complex algebra problems. (for example, problems using (a+b)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2)) The instructor uses a wide range of activities to both investigate topics and demonstrate knowledge. Examples are board games, lego activities and group activities. My favorite was lego activities, least was worksheets. I do feel challenged in this course. I learn a lot of things I didn’t know before. Thanks to the activities I do in classes, I do understand them.
ReplyDelete1. I think that I have really improved upon my knowledge in Mathematics this half term. I learnt concepts that included using Pythagorean Theorem to solve different problems, trigonometry (using tan, sin, cos), factorising at a higher and some more complicated algebra. Most of the concepts were new to me this year, because we learnt in steps, whenever I learnt something new in class, I could easily build upon it and solve more advanced questions.
ReplyDelete2. The instructor does use a wide range of activities which have been fun and useful to our learning. The activities really help highlight which parts of the topic I need to work on. My favourite activities include the games we play in partners and also the several puzzle problems that he gives us to do.
3. I feel quite challenged in this course. Everyone in the class is very quick and it forces me to push myself to my limits. In the course, there is always an option to challenge yourself further. It was tough at first, but once I understood the basics, everything else was a lot easier to me and now I can work comfortably. I think that the main reason I felt challenged was because I was unfamiliar/was only familiar to a lower level of the work and have never really come across these concepts which other people may have. I think that the class could not be improved a lot more, but I would like to have more revision/check up worksheets so I know which aspects of the unit that I might need help with.
Yes, I have learnt some new concepts so far this year. I have learnt how to solve harder Pythagoras problems, such as 3D Pythagoras and investigating the converse. Surds was also a completely new area for me, and simplifying them eventually became easier for me. I also have a better understanding of factorising, now that we have covered it in class. I have learnt about the specific strategies about how to factorise certain equations, such as DOTS, taking out the GCF and looking for perfect square trinomials. Mr Jobe does use many activities to improve our knowledge and understanding. I enjoy the investigations that we do as a group because it helps me to understand certain concepts, as we have to work together and figure out how to do the problem. The algebra course has been quite challenging for me, as it is not one of my strongest topics. The general Pythagorus unit wasn’t extremely difficult, but I was challenged by the Trigonometry and Surds problems.
ReplyDeleteI have learnt a lot of new concepts in mathematics this year and also reviewed a lot. I have learnt a lot about trigonometry and converse and how to use it to find missing side-lengths of right-angled triangles. I also learnt how to factorise and use the difference of two squares and perfect squares and second differences. I think Mr Jobe uses a many different activities to investigate topics and demonstrate knowledge. All the activities benefit my learning and are useful. My favourite are the group activities and games that we play because it helps explain things and it is also enjoyable. The environment in the class also benefits my learning. I really enjoy this class and I am challenged because some of the concepts we learn are new to me. Also, there are always extra things to do if the work isn’t challenging enough. More check-up worksheets would be useful to check that I’m learning and improving in maths. Overall, I think that everything we do really benefits us.
ReplyDelete1) Since the start of the year we have learned Pythagoras theorem, trigonometry and factorising. I learned Pythagoras theorem and factorising before and I developed my understanding by solving lots of questions. Trigonometry was new for me and it was hard to understand it in the first time but after I understood it was interesting.
ReplyDelete2) We are doing both investigating and learning knowledge in our class. I like all of the activities in this class but I’m not good at debating because the language is difficult so I want to improve it.
3) I feel challenged in this class when I solve difficult problems. I think that I can develop my math ability in this class because the level is very suitable for me. I’m looking forward to learn more new things after the break.