DEV

Link to weebly: http://precalcexplained.weebly.com

 For this project I chose the concepts I felt I understood the best conceptually, and thus could explain thoroughly. I feel like reverse engineering the problems really enhanced my understanding of the material, but I wish it was done earlier in the trimester, or alongside the learning. I truly enjoyed this class and the higher level mathematics that came with it. It was a challenge, but I know it did nothing but improve my skills. Math is a hard subject to teach, and learn, despite it being basic logic, but I feel that Mr. Jackson really tried to teach so it was deeply understood, and not the superficial explanations I had heard my whole life. I wish I was taught math in this manner my whole life, so it would be more intuitive, and I'd have a stronger foundation to build upon. But all I can do now is fill in the cracks and strive towards a future with more knowledge. It was truly an enjoyable trimester!

Dramatic Evil Vultures (D.E.V.)

http://www.blackfalconandthewhitebunnies.weebly.com/

Partners with Rachel Cook and Bridget Shilts

DEV - Holden

Here is the link for my DEV project

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Jackson%20Final%20Project

D.E.V Fernando Carretero

The concepts I chose reflect some of the points I have most struggled with in the past trimester. With that said I spent lots of time looking into each type of problem and seeing where I usually make a mistake and made sure that that mistake will not occur in these problems. I learned, from this project, that thoroughness is key to understanding any subject. I honestly got a very nice review for the end of the trimester by going through previous units and applying concepts learned from these units into a large review project.

Libby's Dev Project

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f1dna2ll6kygu6r/Developing%20Your%20Expert%20Voice.pptx?dl=0

My reflection is on the last slide of my power point. This is the link to the drop box folder with my power point on it!

Libby

DEV Project - Maddie, Austyn, Jacq

Here's our DEV Project! The link to the Weebly website is below:

http://sorceressesofmath.weebly.com/

--Maddie O'Connor--Austyn Killebrew--Jacq Madery--

P.S. - OUR REFLECTIONS ARE ON THE WEBSITE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOME PAGE

Marshall Clark, Kevin Morris, and Troy Winslow's D.E.V. Project

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UMud0vBzoC4M09ijD2IcjruamMJhBlNqGOGvsu0BEUw/edit?usp=sharing

D.E.V

the reason I chose these concepts, was because there are the building blocks. You have to know there problems inside and out to be able to go onto harder problems and start adding harder stuff to these basic problems to make them more complex. Understanding these key concepts help you solve the more complex problems you will face further on. These problems provide an overview of what I have learned because with these basics. I have been able to understand how these problems are solved using different functions. So when harder equations pop up. I already have an understanding of how to solve it, I just have to think outside of the box and combine everything I have learned into one in some way to figure out or find the correct answer. This assignment did help me. For me to completely be happy with the problems I am dealing with. I have to know them inside and out. Explaining them to other people breaks down the problem into different parts which helps the teacher better understand the problem along with the student. Listening to it is one thing. Teaching it is another. You have to get your head wrapped around concepts in order to fully explain it.

Hailey Oakes And Blerta Bajraktari D.E.V Project

This is the link to our D.E.V. Project on Prezi. Our summarys are included in the project.

Allison Curitss, Brittany Fritsch, and Nick Vondra's DEV project: www.devproject2014.weebly.com

dear Mr. Jackson,
in the quadratic radicand page of our weebly there is supposed to be a "-2" as the other x-intercept. It won't display on the weebly but i just wanted you to know. Thanks.

Here is the link for Tyler Lovell and I's DEV Project:

http://samtylerdevproject.weebly.com/

Ian Simpson's DEV Project

1. Find f(g(h(x))) where x=4x^4+3x, h=19x^6+12x^4+3, g=19x^7+4x^6-22x^5+44x^4
To start, you first need to find h(x). In order to do this, substitute the variables in the function h with the entire function x. This will give you 19(4x+3x)^6+12(4x+3)^4+3. After that is done, distribute the factors out of the equation and  Distributed out, this equation should simplify to (2235331 x^6+84 x+3). Now, to find f(g(h(x)), you must substitute the variables in the function f(g) with the entire function h(x). The setup for this problem will be 19 (19 (4 x+3 x)^6+12 (4 x+3 x)+3)^7+4 (19 (4 x+3 x)^6+12 (4 x+3 x)+3)^6-22 (19 (4 x+3 x)^6+12 (4 x+3 x)+3)^5+44 (19 (4 x+3 x)^6+12 (4 x+3 x)+3)^4. Now you once again distribute all of the factors and combine like terms. This should make the equation  f(g(h(x)))= 5298421303499822062831772727828348207383605009x^42+1393740670378523526468823795654007726793732 x^37+50275464568792067773624775299728348898843x^36 +157123329357212837235355120340034628944 x^32+11335607184202787935167940117621545912 x^31+203202891792126269604683474970755291 x^30+9840719835232364787563773261143360 x^27+1064932893017895544948496408227920 x^26+38180123906791894906824564007620 x^25+454625152835284402740199896689 x^24+369797791092021111036959159040 x^22+53357862445429469297491779840 x^21+2869490387034867920834331360 x^20+68336211215545062149948784 x^19+609541601397062395346943 x^18+8337829462857117803252736 x^17+1503824415293330860504320 x^16+107830649022864580391040 x^15+3851940769916704877664 x^14+68716661448375978156 x^13+104931502806140818101 x^12+22604482447501473792 x^11+2026047712379201280 x^10+96499660728248064 x^9+2582257196658384 x^8+597569158551960 x^7+141793579673109 x^6+15227096822784 x^5+906573959424 x^4+32345635392 x^3+693273168 x^2+8285004 x+42687




2. Find the domain of f(x)= sqrt(104x^4+1150x^3-6462x^2-28872x+22680), x=-14, x=6
In order to start this problem, we need to find a way to reduce this polynomial into a factorable equation. Since we are given several x intercepts, we know that we must use long division to create a factorable polynomial. We will use (x+14) for our first x intercept to long divide. Also, we can factor out any greatest common factors in the equation, which in this case will make the equation 2(52x^4+575x^3-3231x^2-14436x+11340). So, our long division problem should look like this: (x+14)/(52x^4+575x^3-3231x^2-14436x+11340). The first thing we must do to this problem is divide the first part of the divisor by the first term, which will give us 52x^3 as part of the dividend. Next, we distribute the divisor (x+14) into the term of the divisor we just found, giving us 52x^4+728x. This value is now subtracted from the two terms above it, which will give us (52x^4+575x^3)-(52x^4+728x^3). This will give us -153x^3, which we will use as the next term of our dividend. Then we drop the next term down next to the difference we found in the last subtraction problem, and repeat those steps with this next term. Do this with every term until you end up getting a difference of 0. The final divisor of this problem should be 52x^3-153x^3-1089x+810. Once this is done, we have to find out if this new polynomial is factorable. Try the grouping method if your polynomial has four terms, and if this method does not work, we must use another x intercept to further reduce the polynomial into a factorable equation. So, we repeat the steps above for long division, this time using (x-6) as the divisor. This long division should yield the polynomial 52x^2+159x-135. Now that we have found a factorable quadratic equation, we use basic factoring to find the remaining x intercepts. Factoring this equation will give us the factors (13x-9)(4x+15). To find the x intercepts from this, we must find where the factors are equal to zero. In this case, that will be x=9/13 and x=-15/4. This means we know our x interceps, which are x=-14, x=6, x=9/13, and x=-15/4. Using these x intercepts, create a graph. The domain of the function will be all values where x>0. This makes the domain (-inf, -14]U[-15/4,9/13]U[6,inf).


3.Find the inverse of f(x)= (16x+9)/(15x+33)
To begin this problem, we first have to switch the variables from one side to the other, so the equation becomes x=(16y+9)/(15y+33). The very first step to finding the inverse of any radical function is to multiply both sides by the denominator. This means we distribute x(15y+33), making our equation 15xy+33x=16y+9. Now, we have to get all x values on one side, and all y values on the other side. Our objective is to make one of this side just y. To do this, we will subtract 33x from both sides, and subtract 16y from both sides. This leaves us with 15xy-16y=-33x+9. Finally, we divide out 15x-16, to leave y alone on the right side. This leaves us with y=(-33x+9)/(15x-16). The very last thing we need to do is completely factor the numerator, and we will do so by taking a greatest common factor of 3, leaving us with the final inverse equation, y=-3(11-3)/(15x-16)


4.Find the domain of f(x)= sqrt(8x^3+28x^2-16x-56)
In order to factor any four term cubic polynomial, the best method to use is the grouping method. We can take the equation out of the radical and set it equal to zero in order to find the x intercepts. After that, the first step to this method is to take out a greatest common factor from your equation, which in this case is 4. This makes our equation 4(2x^3+7x^2-4x-14). Now, we group the first and second terms together, and subtract the quantity of the third and fourth terms. For this example, it should now look like 4[(2x^3+7x^2)-(4x+14)] (note that in the second set, we want to switch the sign) of both terms). Now, we once again find the greatest common factor of both factor pairs, which will leave us with 4[x^2(2x+7)-2(2x+7)]. Now that we have a factor of (2x+7), which has no common factors, we take the greatest common factors of the two groups, giving us the second factor pair. This leaves us with 4(2x+7)(x^2-2). Now, we find where both of these factor pairs are equal to zero, giving us our x intercepts. Our x intercepts will be x=-7/2, x=-sqrt(2), and x=sqrt(2). Now we use the x intercepts to graph the equation. Our domain is going to be the area which the graph is at x>0. This makes our domain [-7/2, -sqrt(2)]U[sqrt(2, inf).

DEV Brendan

I tried to give it to you in four parts, but it looks like I had to put them all on this post.  Have fun watching for half an hour :)

 

 

 

 

DEV

http://wearethedev.weebly.com
by Chip, Olivia and Kat

DEV Project // Noah Kuntner & Logan Cooper

Our DEV project.
http://prezi.com/_wrxbzckq2rv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Rose's DEV Project :)

http://www.slideshare.net/rosealmarales/dev-project-finish
This is my DEV Project.
This First tri has not been easy at all, actually is has probably been the hardest set of classes I've had all of high school. This class especially. When doing this project I kind of split it up with problems I didn't really understand how to do and problems that I enjoyed doing. The Farmer Ted problem especially. I struggled a lot with those but after this project I feel as if I could tackle any farmer ted problem thrown at me! If I were to request any changes to this class I would say maybe not give this project so last second, people are already so stressed out with exams this week that I feel like this adds to it. But overall my experience in this class went from being frustrated everyday to actually understanding things, I can definitely day that this class gets the award for "most improved"!

Functions D.E.V. project

Project by Nick Vondra, Brittany Fritsch, and Allison Curtiss 5th hour

D.E.V. Weebly website

DEV

DEV Project By Colton Pnacek, and Peter T.


Insert Web Pages online to access videos:


https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/inverse-function/26728247/?s=38gBKC&ref=appemail

https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/writing-equations-with-domain-and-range/26668310/?s=83B4OO&ref=appemail

https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/factoring-box-and-diamond-method/26378693/?s=K1GedR&ref=appemail

https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/factoring-by-grouping-polynomials/26472247/?s=Vk4HHL&ref=appemail

https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/simplify-and-find-domain/26663891/?s=DIWtDV&ref=appemail

Reflection:

Colton Pnacek:

I chose to do these concepts because i found them to be difficult when i originally learned them. Since it was difficult i made my videos in a way that would help my viewers understand the parts i had trouble with when i learned the concept. These problems show that i understand the material because i thoroughly explained every point. I person who did not understand the material would not be able to do so. Also, it show it shows i knows a wide variety because i use concepts from almost all the units we did in class. I did not learn much from the assignment because  I had already learned it in class. The point of the assignment was to show I knew the material, which i did, so i did not learn anything. But, in my opinion this project is helpful because it gives you a look back over the entire class. I like that it gave me an opportunity to be creative. I did not like how long it took, but you got to do what is given. In the future there is really nothing i currently see that would make the project better while keeping it at the same difficulty.


Peter T.: I chose the concepts because I understood these problems greatly. They provide an overview because they are problems from the entire unit. The way they were explained show that I understood the material. I did not learn anything from this assignment except don't procrastinate . It was educationally valuable in my mind because it helped me remember what i already learned. This project also made me feel better about the exam. I did not like the fact the project was so long, since i spend most of my nights at football. I liked that i had a partner who was able to help me a bunch on the project. Overall, I feel the project was a success.

DEV

Shay, Sid, and Tara's project DEV

DEV Project

My website for my DEV Project is: precalcfunctions.weebly.com

The project itself I felt was fairly hard, because making up problems from scratch is not an easy thing to do at all.  I re-did every single problem six or seven different times, and even then, when I was recording myself teaching, I still found errors and I would have to re-start all over again.  Throughout the trimester, my grade struggled, pretty much the entire time.  But this class wasn't really about the material for me, I learned a lot of super awesome teaching philosophies that I will be able to apply later in life when I become a teacher myself.  I learned that sometimes you can try and still fail, and I learned that is it perfectly okay to fail, too.  This class was by far the most intellectually stimulating one I have ever taken, and I know how my test scores made me look, but if I understood the material eventually, I wasn't concerned with my grade like I probably should have been.  I wasn't super on top of things, and I'll admit that, but I learned a lot of really important things that can apply to more than just a math class and I am so thankful I stuck it out for twelve weeks.  It's kind of a bittersweet ending, as most trimesters are, but I'm glad I had this opportunity.  I think that learning anything is better than not learning anything at all, and so this class was beneficial to me in more than one aspect.

Marissa and Heather's D.E.V.

https://prezi.com/2kbommbhpeaa/mariher-presentation/

DEV - alexandria brown and sam perkins

http://www.slideshare.net/alexandriamacae/math-is-fun-41621873
put this into full screen.


for this process, some problems were more difficult than others to create. I really enjoyed being able to be creative, though. figuring certain things out was part of the process and even though it took some time, I loved having to figure it out. like in the long division problem. we had to figure out how to make an equation under the radical that would simplify down to only a zero. I loved that problem. it was probably my favourite. making the powerpoint took more time than the actual problems themselves. powerpoint upsets me.
this class was very different for me. im always used to getting super good grades, and understanding math really really well. but this time, I struggled. im not gunna lie. this class was really hard for me to understand. I do wish that I would've done better in the end, but it definitely taught me a lesson that im grateful for. im glad that I had Jackson to help me through this journey. all the one on one talks that we had helped me more than he realizes.
im super glad this class is over though. I still don't get half of it.
this project was fun.
math is fun.

-Alexandria brown


this trimester was a huge challenge for me academically. trying to adapt to a new type of class and new type of learning was a struggle. however challenging it was though, it taught me how to learn at a higher level and figure out how to learn more independentally without being spoon-fed everything. at the beginning I wasn't very fond of this learning style due to its difficulty but now I really appreciate what this trimester did for me academically! the improvement I saw from the first functions unit to the latest unit about polynomials really makes me feel proud! even looking back at the first test now, it seems so much more doable and much easier to take a second look at. I struggled this trimester and it was the most difficult class I have ever taken, but I believe that it helped me learn more efficiently and it will help me with classes I take in college.

-Samantha perkins

The Dev Project- Dan and Kait

Dev Project: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8d28nbdztuvjhl/the%20Dev%20project.m4v?dl=0

Dan- First off, I did enjoy doing this project, even though my partner and I had little time. We choose the problems based on things that Kait and I personally struggled with in class. That way we got a better understanding ourselves. These problems also show our understanding for the concepts that we learned because we had explain the process of our problems. Personally, this project reinforced concepts in precalc functions that will further help me in the class.

Kait- I think that the project was good and that people over exaggerated the project because it was not that difficult. I think we could have spent a little more time on it but since our busy schedules did not always match up it was difficult to spend more time on it. We chose the problems that we did because I had personally struggled on a few of the concepts and Dan did a good job of explaining them. I Liked the project and I advise future students to only work on it with ONE other partner because of all the chaos you could encounter. I would also advise students to start early because if Dan and I had not started the project earlier then the road blocks that we faced would have been more stressful then they were. This project did a little for me but it was not super beneficial as it could be. I got most of my help through one on one time with Jackson. The class over all was difficult and I will not ever take Calculus because it is just not for me. I had fun with my classmates and Mr. Jackson and this project was fun to do with my partner. 

Last blog post

It's the last blog post and of course I forgot to do it on time but anyway, I feel confident on the material. I finally understand farmer ted problems and I like the long division. I'm hoping when I retake the first test I do well.

The bird is the word

I had a light bulb! I kind of figured out how to long divide! It was cool because I feel good about it now I know how to do it confidently. Some other small things are clicking also. It helps a lot. I'm hoping I can really get to work and make some good things happen these next couple weeks.

Last blog post

It's weird being almost done with precalc already it feels like the tri just started! But I can honestly say that I have grow so much from being in this class. I use to not have to study at all and I would still get A's...math just came so easy for me I threw me for a loop! But I deffinetly believe I have made a ton of progress in understanding the material and my study habits!

Blog post

This unit onPolynomials has probably been one of the easiest so far. The hardest part was probably the grouping, it took a while for that too click. I'm hopeful that this unit will hopefully come easily. 

Last Blog Post ever

It amazes me how fast the trimester has progressed and how much information has been covered in this class. The test we took on Friday went very well. The problems made sense, I knew what I was doing and long dividing was a piece of cake. My Dev project is coming together quite nicely. Farewell weekly blog posts

Last blog post

At the beginning of the week when we learned how to use long division I struggled but eventually got the hang of it. Studying for the test went pretty well in class. Now it's time to really take ahold of this DEV project. I'm confident my partner and I will succeed with this project. I already have some questions done. Hopefully this upcoming school week will be just as successful.

It was on Tuesday I figured out how to divide polynomials it was easier than I was making it in my head.

Week 10

Polynomials were no trouble at all, and grouping, factoring, and long dividing all made sense and were fun. I trust the upcoming rationals unit will click well with previous knowledge.

The polynomials unit made a lot of sense to me, especially the long division. I hope the upcoming rationals unit makes a similar amount of sense.

Polynomial

The unit on polynomials has been the easiest for me so far. I enjoyed the long division problems and could do them and factor the answers pretty easily. The muddiest point of this unit for me was probably grouping!

Blog post

I feel pretty confident going into this week and getting my test back. I'm a little nervous on some of the long division problems though because if you make one tiny mistake then the whole thing is wrong. Other than that I think I did pretty good on the polynomials test and I'm hoping it all went well.
Marissa pease

farmer Ted

I feel like the test went well.  I still don't feel confident on farmer Ted. Why can't he learn to do the calculations on his own?

Polynomials

I felt really prepared for the polynomials test and when I got to it I just didn't understand why, but I kept drawing a blank.  I feel the best about grouping and long division. My DEV project is coming along very well and I feel that it will really help out my grade. 

I thought I did well on that test! Except I didn't finish it so I have to do that tomorrow. I am happy for the opportunity to retake the first test but I am a little nervous about it but I am going in for help. So far I am good.

blog post

The test went easier than I expected and I went into not knowing anything about the red sheet and it made factoring a cubic sooo much easier.  I feel like I did pretty good and the extra credit seemed really easy in comparison to the other extra credit problems.  I look forward to seeing how I did and hopefully I can find out by the end of the week.

Week 10

I know i screwed up on two problems on the front page of the test because I under thought them which is odd for me because I usually overthink. So please don't judge me when you grade those two problems... I know how to do them I just didn't follow the directions properly. Other than that I'm feeling pretty good on the test. This weekend shay, Sid and I worked on our project and it has been difficult trying to be creative and to get the answers we want. It is a lot of work in addition to all the other things I'm trying to balance and get done before exam week. 

week 10

The polynomial unit went well for me. I'm fine with long division but the grouping can be tricky sometimes. By tricky I mean that the problem can be factored further and I either forget to do it or
don't pick up on it right away.. if that makes any sense? Update on the DEV project: not far but I'm working on it.

Over all it was a pretty good week! I understood the content on this unit pretty well. I think I did pretty good on our test.  Atleast a lot better then my other two tests. I got pretty far on my final project! This unit was defiantly the easiest one that we have had so far. The only thing I struggled on a little bit was some factoring.

"Muddiest Point(s)"

When I walked into the classroom on Friday, I thought I was going to do really good on the test.  I felt like I knew the material really well.  The first couple of pages were good and I felt like I knew what I was doing.  But as I got further and further into the test, it seemed a lot harder and I felt stupid.  I have no idea how to do the Farmer Ted problem and when I ask other students for help they tell me that they don't understand either.  I used to never have to study for math and now I have to study all the time.  This class is easy when we're working together/individually but once I get to the tests I'm awful.  I don't think I'm a terrible test taker. Maybe I'm just stressing out too much.  I dunno....

Week 10

Grouping is something that just comes natural to me. But farmer ted still is a problem I could use more practice on. I feel slightly confident in the test but am still a little frightened to see the results as usual.

week 10

I love being challaged. What I enjoyed very much and thought was cool was the extra credit to the test we just had. It's a shame I couldn't mess around with it. Or have some time to really look at it an figure something out. I was late as it was.  I started it. And found out I made a mistake. By that time I realized about my mistake. It was to late to go back to try to fix it. I knew what I was supposed to do. But didn't have the time to try it. I'm glad you gave me that problem. I love being challenged. Thank you! :)

Week 10, Option 2

Well for the test I thought it was much easier than what I had been worrying about.  The questions in general were much simpler than what I had been stressing over and the test had me leaving much more relieved than when I had entered the room.  For starters though something that really helped relieve my stress was that his time I came into class with all my homework already organized so I did not have to worry and frantically organize those papers before class.  I had a little difficulty with the farmer ted problem, but I did rather well on everything else and even remembered for the inverse to not write f of x but the correct letter this time.  Also I really enjoyed the extra credit.  On the last test I had no idea how to do any of the extra credit, yet this time anyone could have done it with some work.  I rather enjoyed that since anyone could do it.  You didn't have to know things we had never been taught, you just had to know how to do the harder problems which was much nicer for me.  In general the whole test was much better than I had been worrying about.

Reflection

Last week seemed to drag on; I guessed that can be considered a good thing since it seemed that I had a good amount of time before the test came around. But then it was finally Friday, and I took the test. I am not feeling as confident as I usually am for tests. This could just be because exams are coming up so I am freaking out, as per usual. I guess I can say that I understood everything for the most part. However, Farmer Ted is NOT my friend ( no offence). I did, though, enjoy that for factoring, we can group. That is actually really interesting that it works every time (not including when you solve and get imaginary solutions). Anyways, I am not ready for the DEV project, it intimidates me because it is worth so many points and is a lot of work. I do feel better about it (DEV) because I have an amazing group.

Blog post

This week was really long and the test kind of confused me but I think I actually did better on this one. I hope the last week before exams goes well. I got my fingers crossed.

This week, something that really made a lot of sense was the long division.  The factoring and was a little fuzzy, but other than that, the long division was understandable.  Factoring by grouping was pretty great too.

Week 10 Blog Post

This week was kind of a weird one for me. Currently, I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of polynomials and factoring, but now I can't remember the stuff we've learned in past units! To be honest, I'm starting to get really stressed out. I feel like I'm not absorbing the material as well as I should be, and I feel overwhelmed by everything that's going on! I have a lot to do in this class before the final exam, so this next week will be stressful, no doubt! I'm going to try to stay on top of things as best I can, manage my time more wisely, and try to make math a priority, which is sometimes hard to do because it's really not my favorite subject.

On a happier note, I feel like I've finally forced Farmer Ted to be my friend. I think (hope) we're cool, and I think I'm finally able to help him out with his fencing problems. I'm not really sure what happened, but something in my brain clicked and now I better understand those problems. So that was definitely a personal victory for me!

Week 10

I liked this unit. I found grouping easy and I liked long division. I thought the test was  good. I really want to know how to do the extra credit problem. I worked on that for a long time and I got to point where I wasn't sure how to go further.

blog post

This week in class has been a struggle. I was totally lost when it came o factoring polynomials. Especially long division, but I continually watched the video you put onlinr until I figured it out. My favorite kind of fatiof factoring is grouping I find it really easy.

week 10

I thought I did really well on my polynomials test due to the amount of review and studyng i did. Shay, Tara and I are working on our D.E.V. project and it is really difficult to come  up with problems on my own. The explanations are really the longest process to go through.

Week 10

This week went pretty well. I thought the rest went pretty good. I'm feeling pretty confident. Sid, Tara and I are working on our DEV project and it is very hard to actually write the equations. But other than that it's going good!

what week is this i don't even

Ever had one of those moments where yo were just really tired?  Yeah.  That's me.
I just took another test that I probably failed, and I need to rethink my Dev project.  I can't really think of much an idea, but I'm sure I'll get there.  I do think I have one idea, actually.  That just makes my whole day better, knowing that I have single ray of golden hope in this class.  However, I must consider the fact that I may not get all of the help I wish for in the process of making it "eye-catching."

I don't even know which week this is.

The polynomial unit was by far the easiest unit to me. It helped me get a lot of earlier stuff that we learned, too. I feel like I learned a lot more about domain in this unit than I did in the first one, which is awesome. As for my grade, I will be retaking the first test and I'm doing test corrections so I'm excited to see my grade increase. I don't remember if I did a blog post this week and so that's why I'm doing one right now. Hopefully, I remembered correctly and I'm not doing two, but oh well. 

Blog post

This was probably my favorite unit of this class. I understood it the most of all of them. My favorite thing about the polynomials unit was grouping polynomials and long division. I think with this it also helped me understand the stuff we did in the first unit better because they are all ties together. 

week 9

I've been doing good,in class. This new unit is super easy. So after I bombed the last test I realized j need to come in. And figure some stuff out. And look over my test.

When do you want me to come in?

Week 9

Grouping is a breeze, this weeks material seems to be relatively easy. The red sheet is incredibly intuitive,  and it has helped immensely. I'm ready to expand upon polynomials Monday.

grouping

Factoring by grouping helps me because it is giving me steps on how to break it down.  Having the ability to break a problem down into smaller steps aid my mind on answering a question.

Progress in class

I think this class is going well although I don't do well at all at tests despite I understand mostly everything that we study in class. Overall speaking I think this class is going pretty well and I don't have many problems in the class, except for the test results. Looking forward I hope I can fix that and I'm already looking forward to this week.

Blog post

This week has gone smoothly so far. The homework packets we have received have been easy to me and I'm happy that I'm finally able to completely understand something in this class! With the DEV project, test retake, and my new clear understanding of this unit I have faith that the rest of this tri will go well👍

Blog post

Well since we finally got into factoring and grouping, I really remember this from last year, and it was one of my strongest points, so I feel good that I remember this unit, I think I should get a good grade on this test, so I can make up for this last test

Week number 9

This past week has gone rather smooth mathwise. Factoring functions with groups is interesting and challeging. The area box model makes factoring a lot easier as I have realized from the previous homework. The only thing left to accomplish is this DEV project.

Week 9

Class has been good. Last week went pretty smooth. I understand how to group the polynomials and the factor factor factor sheet wasn't bad. It's also nice that Jackson is allowing us to retake our quadratics test, I think it'll be super helpful. 

I personally feel pretty comfortable with this unit. it's not too difficult. with the test makeup and corrections that I get to do, I feel like Im really gunna be able to learn what I couldn't understand earlier. im feeling very confident in being able to finally bring my grade up.

Week 9

This week was pretty easy for me! The polynomial unit hasn't been too bad yet! I liked the stories on Friday it was a good way to end the week!

Another week...

I'm very thankful that I wil get a chance to retake the first test. I think that I will do way better on it. This week in class when we started learning about different functions  I was really confused but I think I'm really getting the hang of it along with the graphing.

well well well.. another week of fun and adventures in functions has flown by, I know how to graph polynomials and I feel pretty good about that. I don't know for sure how I'm going to come up with the problems for the DEV project. But I'm working with Brytni a few times a week and it seems to be helping. I'm hoping that when I get this review I can do well on the first test re-take.

Particular Day

When we got our tests back, I was kind of nervous due to the fact that I didn't do so well the last test. However, I felt like I had done a much better job.  Anyway, when I got the test back I saw that I had actually gotten a fairly good grade!!! Sure there were a couple mistakes but I was happy because I feel like I can get back on track and boost up my grade before the tri is over.  Also, I think it was the same day (maybe I'm wrong) but we learned how to group quadratics and I really like this new concept because it's fairly easy and really fun to do! I'm kinda excited to learn about the long division with polynomials because it looks challenging and fun.

im trynna stay with ya

This past week had gone pretty smooth. I wasnt there on Friday and your sent out a message about watching a video so I know that when I come back I'm going to be super confused. Well, this big project that we are doing is making me suprr nervous. Idk everything is going too fast for me. I just wish there were 8 days a week (5 school days and 3 weekend days). Alot is being thrown around in all my classes and it sucks cause no one likes to be behind! Maybe im taking on too much? Ugh I just hope things fall into place.

Progress

I am, for the most part, understanding everything learned in this new unit. I understand factoring, solving, grouping polynomials, etc. I am nervous about the long division of this unit that's coming up but feel as if I look over notes enough, I'll hopefully know how to do it

Week 9

Although the function basic and quadratic units didn't really click with me, this factoring polynomials unit is really starting to make sense. Greatest common factor is incredibly useful.

week 9

This week was very easy going for me. I picked up on everything well but still think I need more practice. I particularly enjoyed the Halloween scary stories that were told.

This week in class I didn't really understand the factoring until the end of the week then I kinda started to understand it's still confusing

Week 9

The stuff we learned at the beginning of the week is still a little rough. I tried working on it while I was gone but comming back from missing 3 days is terrifying and I'm going to need a lot of help! 

Week 9, option 1

Well actually my muddiest point came from today's video.  I can understand the whole long division thing rather well.  It seems very simple, the only problem I am seeing is the whole starting value.  From the video I have no idea how you got that number.  It was not really explained, it just appeared and you said you did some sort of formula.  I will probably be able to understand it so long as you go over it on Monday.  Again I understand how to do the long division, but I don't know how you found the x=0.  Do I just plug it into my calculator? Is there some sort of formula?  I just could not see where you got the x intercept variable.   

Blog post

This week we started working on our projects on Monday and it went pretty well. Then we were introduced to factoring polynomials. I didn't think it was that bad but the grouping got me a little confused. As we practiced more the grouping became easier and I like doing it! Friday was an easy day but I feel like it was needed for a lot of people. It's nice to have a break once in a while.

Week 9

I thought this week went very well. I am very happy with how my test went. We had our meeting after school to see what I need to review for my retake of the first test and I'm excited to improve on my score. I struggled on the last question of homework so I need to ask for help tomorrow on it. 

Blog Post

The factoring we have been doing has helped me understand momentum problems in physics. I look forward to learning more about factoring methods and the grouping method has helped me very much.

week 9

All of my lightbulbs are completely burned out. I've accepted the fact that I'm going to fail this class. What else can I do? I can have the material explained to me a million times and I still won't understand. This class is for smart kids. I'm just average.

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I'm done.  I've had it with this class.  I bombed another test because of dozens of stupid mistakes.  I had a perfect plan to make an awesome project, but it turns out what everybody told me was possible is apparently not possible without blowing 20 dollars.  I'm just done.  I want to just be done trying in this class.

This unit is not easy but it's not too complicated. I'm getting the hang of it and grouping is coming easier to me.

Week 9

Grouping is coming really easy to me! I am understand the concept well and can apply it to the exercises we have. I'm also happy with the test grade I got! I thought I could have done a little better, but I know the majority of what to do.

9th Post

So I'm really understanding grouping and it's much easier to do the warm up problems. I'm happy with the test I got back because it's not the worst I've done. I'm so glad we get to retake the first test and that we can still do test corrections!

Sad moment

Well I got my test back this week and did much worse than I thought I did. I felt more confident about it than my grade showed. I'm a little confused on this weeks concept of grouping but I'm sure i will get the hang of it. My grade is going up in the class though and that's all I can ask for. 

This week's lightbulb came with factoring polynomials. It's actually kinda fun.  Finding the greatest common factor, combining the two equations, and combining the two GCF's makes a lot of sense.

week 9

This week went a lot better than the others have gone! I was very happy with my test score! Also the material that was taught this week came easily to me. Im really glad we have the opportunity to retake the first test. I feel like now that we went over my mistakes I will be able to do better than I did. Thank you for letting us retake this test, you are saving my grade!

Week 9- new unit

I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with the polynomials unit than I thought I would. I know how to factor and graph polynomials pretty well, and the previous quadratic unit is probably why it makes so much sense to me. The test for this unit is obviously gonna be challenging, but I don't think it's anything that I can't handle at this point. 

This week went alright. At first I was struggling with the grouping factoring but I have a hold of it now. We worked on a lot of factoring and I am getting a lot more comfortable with that the more we do it.  My test grade was not what I thought it would have been because I felt a lot more comfortable then I did the first test. I will have to just study even more for this next test.

tests handed back

I am quite happy with the results of the last test.  It was such an improvement from the last one.  I think it will be all uphill form here. :)

A Second Chance

A retake on the first test? Just what I needed. I excited and happy to have a second chance!

Blog post 9

I am feeling okay with the factoring with groups stuff that we are doing now. I am nervous for long division though. I feel like it is going to be very hard. I thought I was going to get a much better grade on my test than I did, but I am glad that you gave us the option to retake our first test and still have a test correction for another test! I really need that! 

Blog post

This week is going well. I did pretty good on my test. The only thing I'm still muddy on is factoring out the whole quantity after you group. Is that quantity you factores out an x intercept and then the other things are also an x intercept?

Blog

I did not understand the grouping method at all. I tried to listen in class but I was just confused. So in order to figure it out I went home and watched a couple of YouTube videos until I finally understood it. Once I started watching the videos I understood the method within fifteen method. Overall I now understand the groupung method and now time to work on the dev.

Week 9

So, I received my second test back today. And I am quite annoyed with the fact that I always feel confident going into the test and then I don't do very well. I am planning to do corrections and retake the first test. I've been talking to a former AP Stats student who graduated last year, and he's been tutoring me throughout the tri but I guess it's time to really buckle down and start focusing more and harder on my math and the understanding of it. As for the polynomials, and the grouping, it's super easy and maybe it's because I remember a lot from that same type of material from when I was younger, but this has by far been the easiest unit. My last two test scores did not reflect my confidence, and that's alright. I'm going to change those grades. But I know that in our closest upcoming test I will do a lot better. I just wish as a freshman I would've tried a little harder, or in any math class at all. I guess I thought the information they were giving me was useless. But it isn't useless because I'm applying it now, and it's bit me in the butt. 

Week 9 - Reflection

I'll be honest: I wasn't too happy with my quadratics test score. I did fairly well, but missed points because I made lots of small mistakes throughout the test. That's where I really struggled. I know the content and how to put it to use, it was just the little things that screwed me up, like subtracting instead of dividing and stuff like that. Making these mistakes is irritating to me because they were such simple things that I shouldn't have missed. I probably should have taken more time on the test going over my answers and that kind of thing. It probably also would have helped if I took the test after school instead of taking it early in the morning (my brain doesn't really turn on until lunch). All in all though, I think I've improved from where I was at the beginning of the tri. I'm just going to keep studying like I have been and just keep trying to reach the goals I have set for myself in this class, and hopefully I'll do as well as I'd like to on the rest of the tests for this tri.

Blog Post

Well, we started a new unit, and just like the last one there's bits and pieces of it that I remember, but it is still a struggle for me to keep what I kind of remember with the stuff that I need to know.  I'm hoping that when we start getting formulas and things like that everything will click and I'll be able to help others as well.

Moment of Clarity

I recently had a potent realization concerning the nature of factored form and how it relates to x-intercepts. While I've always realized how to find the intercepts, I only recently understood that by making one bracket equal zero, the output becomes zero regardless of other brackets. This manifests itself on a graph as an intercept.

graph powers

The simplified equations you are having us do for the graphs are easy for me to understand.  The fact that no matter what number the power is, if it is a linear it goes straight through, if it is a even power it bounces off, or if it is an odd power besides 1 (linear) it curves through the point, It also makes since to me that depending on the degree of the function, which is found by adding all the exponents together, it either goes oppisite ways at the end or each end goes the same direction.

reflection on a particular day

I missed Friday. And Thursday I got it. And was flying through everything. Hopefully I haven't got to far behind. And I still understand. If need be I'll come in for a morning session to be caught back up. But with what I know right know I'm,confident. And really excited for this lesson! :)

New unit

I am feeling very good about this unit so far. This unit has just been coming naturally to me. I am very much looking forward to learning more in this unit and starting the DEV project!

New Unit

I think the Polynomials Unit is my favorite unit so far.  Not only is it fun, but it is a heck of a lot easier than the previous units.  I really really like it.  Factoring is really fun and I can find the factors of an equation very quickly.  I also like the graphing portion.  Memorizing what goes where and how certain things looked was a little difficult at first, but now I have a strong feeling that I've got everything down.  I know what odd/even graphs are supposed to look like and what happens when an x-intercept is supposed to "bounce" or "curve".  However, I am still having a little trouble with what the end behaviors look like.  Other than that, this unit is really cool and if it starts to get hard I just might cry for eternity. That is all. Peace.

Week 8

I worked really hard to prepare myself for our test this week and I'm feeling good about it. However, I was feeling good about the one before and my results were disappointing. This unit is going well so far with the exception of some of the homework this weekend. I just need to ask some questions on Tuesday when you're back at school on how to draw the graphs and then get some help on the factoring with more variables.

so

so the last unit had me stranded and left entirely confused beyond belief. But I like whatever we started.. the long division thing? whatever that turned into, I liked and understood because of some help I got with the understanding the process. So I'm feeling off to a better start. Although I am kind of concerned about this 100 point test grade project. I don't think it'll be easy for me at all.

8th Post

I think I did well on the test. I really understood the material. This new unit is going very well for me. I completely understand how to make the graphs and find the domain. Let's just hope this understanding continues.

trying not to slip

Well this past week has been very interesting. Ignoring what happened on Friday in class i havent felt as pressured as I should. I feel like I finished that unit pretty descent. I doubt thetest would beg to differ since it took me four different times of the week to finish it. However, I did feel my break through coming until the packet we received on friday. I tried to bust through it on friday and was stuck on the front page. I couldnt tell if I was or wasnt doing anything right. So I see it aside. There was no answer key, atleast not at the moment. But if this unit will be as confusing as I just was im sure there are much higher obsticles hoops to jump threw later. Im trynna stay with ya.

Week8

For the test this week I felt pretty good with most of it. When we started to learn polynomials I was a little confused but now I'm getting the hang of graphing. I think the DEV project is going to go well because I already have ideas for a video.

Week 8

So that quadratics test was one of the better feeling assessments taken in this class. Nothing really seemed surprising ir difficult to say the least. However im ungodly slow at taking these tests. The DEV project is going to be a piece of cake this time around. But seriously to those who have not had to this project before, do it in good time it is super stressful to get it done in a week or later. Overall this trimester is coming to a good close.

Week 8- reflection

This past week went really well. I felt a lot more confident going into the quadratics test. There were two specific questions I felt iffy on but other than that it was nice. It helps me to look over my notes and homework and stay on top of the things we're learning. At the beginning of the tri I didn't do that as much and I'd forget how to do some of the things we had learned. I've been doing fine with graphing polynomials and factoring so I feel confident going into this new unit.

Blog post

The new unit isn't as easy as the last one so far. Hopefully polynomials aren't too complicated! Maybe I can start making some programs to help me if something is difficult.

Progress

This new unit  on polynomials is going well so far; I understand how to graph them. The part I am having trouble on is the packet we got over this weekend called Factor(factor)(factor)  but that's only because we didn't really get to go over how to preform these problems in class on Friday.

lately

this week, i really understood the material. i feel like this unit is going to be the easiest to comprehend and im honestly excited for it. and the project, also. i feel  like im finally gunna be able to get my grade up to where i want it to be. its all beginning to come together and its incredible finally being able to do the homework.

Blog Post

I am really enjoying what we are doing in class now.  I think it is really simple and easy, but I'm sure it will get much harder.

Challenges ahead

I can see that this next unit is not going to be as easy as the previous ones, but I'm ready for the challenge !

Grade upped! :D And new unit.

HA!  I did it.  I brought my grade in this darn class from an E to a D- with my sweat, blood and tears…mostly my tears though.
We have begun our new unit not long ago…and it already bugs me a little bit.  I guess I am not that great at deciphering most of those pesky quadratic functions, and drawing graphs just by looking at the function kind of irritates me.  If I am to get a halfway decent grade in this class, though, I guess I don't really have much of a choice but to put up with it.

Week 8

The unit on polynomials seems to be going alright so far, the graphing just makes sense. I thought the unit test went alright, although there were a few points I could have done better on.

This unit is going pretty good so far. We took our test early in the week and I think I did alright on it. There were a few things like completing the square I struggled with a little bit but defiantly did better then the last unit test. This new unit I feel good about so far I understand what we are doing and am feeling good,

This unit is going pretty smoothly, and it seems pretty uncomplicated. That graphs are fun to draw but I am constantly getting mixed up on a positive and negative graphs and where to start them. I might have done my homework wrong and done all of them backwards but I'm still not sure.

tthis entire class has been pretty hard for me, but I think I'm understanding the material a bit better. im actually kind of excitedfor the DEV project because i get to be creative.

Blog post

This week I was very worried on how I did on the test. I never know how to feel about it because I think I did good but I always make little mistakes that mess up my grade. Moving on from the test, I actually really enjoyed math this week. The graphing is really easy right now but I know that as we move on in the unit it will start to get harder. I feel pretty confident so far about the little we have done with factoring but it's just the beginning. To finish off I would like to say I am actually pretty excited for the project. I think it's going to be challenging creating our own problems that work but I know it's not impossible. I think it's cool that we get to teach how to solve the problem and how challenging it actually is to go over all the points. With that said I look forward to the next week of math.
Marissa Pease

Week 8 - What I get

This week I really picked up the ideas of graphing and factoring polynomials.  I don't quite know why, but the ideas behind them really stuck in my head.  They just make sense.  The formulas for factoring were really easy to understand and the graphing was actually kinda fun!

Good week

This week was very good for me. I am making a lot of progress in learning what is going on and I am very excited. I have been really understanding the Mr. Jackson has been teaching. He has fully explained everything and it's all making sense. Although the test was difficult is was easier than the first one. All in all it was a pretty good week. 

reflection on these drawing graph things.

When drawing the graph things (×-3)^6 *(×+5)^3 that stuff<< it seems really simple and easy, but that's only because it's in factored form. I predict Jackson The Terrible is going to give us something similar to standard form and tell us to graph it w/o a calculator just to torture us.

Muddy point

i fell like I did well on the test earlier in the week. Then we got to the graphing polynomials and I was a little confused on how to find the powers. Then I realized it was easy and you add te powers up. Overall I understand it really well and get this unit

Week 8

I felt like this week okay. The test was a little difficult but the graphing I really like I find it very easy.

Week 8 Option 2

Well I'm going to write this about the test day.  For starters, the day before and the morning of I was very anxious.  I had been worried about this test thinking that I would do rather poorly on the test.  Add to the fact that when class started and I was scrambling to get my papers in order, I had a little panic attack thinking my homework would be late since I turned it in a minute after class started.  So I go into the test wondering if my homework is late with the addition of the anxiety of the test and it was not a pleasant feeling.  But after I got the test and was going through it, I found it to be rather easy.  There was one problem that I was very confused at and racked my mind trying to figure out how to do it since it was barely covered in class and only looked at once or twice.  It was the what two values have a sum of like 388 or something and a difference of 388.  I am pretty sure I got the question correct, but other than that the rest of the test was rather easy.  The extra credit was a complete mystery to me but hopefully I won't need it.  And after the fact, my anxiety was even more relieved when I was told that my homework was not late.  Overall I think I was over worrying the test and the day was much better than I had thought it would be.

Week 8

This past week I felt super confident with the new material we learned. I remember all of the polynomial stuff we have went over so far and so it is super easy for me. Of course, I had a couple questions about the powers on the factors because I didn't remember everything, but I feel super confident about the unit so far and it's a good feeling. As for the test, I remember two specific questions I was confused on, which is a lot more than I can say about the previous tests. (one of them was the finding the max area of something, I didn't remember how to do it). Overall, this week was really beneficial for me and I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of everything that's going on currently. 

Week 8

This week I felt overall went really good! I felt pretty confident on the test. The only problem I didn't know how to do was an applied function question. Other than that I thought I could do the other problems. The new material, right now, is coming pretty easy to me. Hopefully that continues.

Week 8

It clicked with me last unit. I did muchg better on the test then the first unit but the one we are on right now is throwing me for a loop. I'm not understanding the concept of what we are trying to accomplish and how exactly to do it. I work on it at home and use diffrent websites but it's all going over my head.

Blog post

I was nervous for the test, but I studied hard for it! I feel "eh" about it. I was shaky on the perimeter/area stuff. I will probably come in to get help on that so I can fully understand it! I am nervous to find out my test grade. We started a new unit on Wednesday and I completely get it so far. I feel very confident about the polynomial graphs! I don't struggle with it at all and that makes me happy! 

Week 8- Reviewing the test

The test was much easier than I expected it to be. I'm not saying it was easy, but I felt much more comfortable taking this test than the last one we took. I feel very confident about quadratic radicands, as well as completing the square into vertex form and completing the square to find solutions. Factoring is also very easy to me. I'm still shaky about the Farmer Ted problems and I probably should've spent a little more time focusing on those. Overall, I feel like I did much better on this test rather than the previous one, and I am very antsy to find out my grade. Hopefully it's significantly better than the last one. 

Week 8 - Reflections

Reflecting on my progress so far in this class, I can say that I feel like I'm in a better place now than I was when the trimester started. In the quadratics unit, I think I kept up with the material fairly well and made sure to ask questions when I had them. I tried to look over my notes and I spent a long time studying and reviewing for the quadratics test. I think that it was helpful to do these things, and I felt more prepared and confident going into the test because of these things. I felt like the quadratics test went well, so hopefully my work will have paid off! In this coming unit, I will continue to ask questions, come in for help, and keep up with homework. One thing I think I can improve on is how often I look over my notes. What happened to me during this past unit was that I would understand a topic when we were working with it in class, but then I'd forget it if I didn't practice it. Looking over my notes more often will help keep everything fresh in my mind.

Week 8

Today I had a moment of clarity while working through my review packet. I finally understand completely completing the square. I remembered to multiply the "a" value on the outside of the parenthesis by the new "c" value to put on the other side of the equal side. I make sure I make the after taking the square root a plus or minus answer. I am getting the correct answers and it's making it easier to do problems with bigger "a" values.

Blog post for last week

Well my personal muddiest point was with the farmer bob problems and getting maximum or minimum from specific equations. My mind is going blanc while looking at the problems. I looked over my previous notes and just do not understand what I did or was doing. Hopefully in class we will go over one and my mind blank will be gone and I will understand and remember how to do these problems. 

P.S.  Sorry for forgetting to get it written on time. Excuses are excuses and I really should not say one for I had the whole week to get it done. Overall it is my fault that I didn't do it and that is the bottom line. Sorry for not doing it on time. This experience will remind me never to forget a blog post again. 

blog post

This week went very well for me! I feel as though a lot of the things we did in class were helpful and productive! I feel prepared for the test on Tuesday :)

Week something idk

This week has gone pretty well. Factoring quadratics is really easy to me and I'm happy that things are starting to make more sense. I attempted the review but there were still some things that I didn't understand so I will probably just get some extra help tomorrow and ask to go over a couple problems in class. 

Blog post

I thought this week went pretty good. I've gotten a lot better at factoring quadratics and completing the square. Before the test I need to make sure I understand the applied functions. I struggle with that the most. Also, I need to review what I did wrong on the last test so I don't get that wrong again.

Week 7: Muddiest Point

I think this week went great and I'm really happy how this class is going so far. My muddiest point is still the diamond shape for factoring, although I think it's not necessary since I like the "guess-and-check"-method way better and i have way more fun using it. Furthermore I hope this weeks test will go well.

blog post

While doing the review, I realized that this test isn't going to be easy. I feel like the application of multiple functions is going to be my struggle spot. I plan on asking questions on it tomorrow

Week 7

The new content this week has all been easily comprehensible, and radicand quadratics were much easier than they first seemed. I really enjoy factoring, it's particularly fun. I hope that upon reviewing the review on Monday, everything is going as smoothly as I think it has.

math are hard

math are real hard.

I hate that I have to work after school because that's when it would be best for me to come in and get help, since I don't function in the mornings because I don't get sleep because after work in the evenings I have to do things like laundry and feed myself and then try to do homework I don't understand.. so it's extremely difficult. I did, however, spend some time with Jay Bard and she helped me some, but I need a lot of TLC in this class because math are hard and I want to quit when it's something that isn't really easy for me.

weekly blog post.

I love functions. It's so much fun. And expanding your mind looking at problems differently is nice. Knowing there's not always a straight foreward answer to everything. But you have to search for it. I'm looking foreward to what I learn next.

Blog post 7, maybe

So this past week has been relatively easy to understand, conceptwise. Completng squares and solving quadratics have become a breeze and factoring is no longer a struggle at all. This next test that we are going to have is going to go fantastically! The only thing I might mess up on is converting an equation to and from vertex form to standard form. Otherwise, the material makes perfect sense!

Weekly Blog Post

The quadratics we've been learning are relatively straight forward but the only thing I don't like is how the only way to factor quadratics is through guess and check or the diamond method.  I wish there was an algorithm that could be used to solve them.  If there is but it's really complicated I would really like to try to learn it!

as a student who needs you

This past week seemed like alot tbh. But all we did was review. Just seems like you hand us a packet everyday and during class it feels like we go through one warm up problem for like the first 45 mins of the class. I feel like your teaching is kinda reversed. Like you give us a hard problem as warm up and kinda basic ones on the homework. Challenge us more on the hmwrk and instead of going straight to hard problems in the beginning of class maybe thats when you want to hit the basics of the "sorta hard" like level 2 problems. Also i feel like your dragging your teaching out too much,  for example,explaining things for too long! Im not saying dont explain at all, but maybe keep things basic and not so hard to comprehend maybe? A reason for that would be near the last part of class ... our "alone" time of working, YOU should want that to be longer than 15 mins, maybe 30 mins! So we can try to solve problems and ask you (in person) questions and maybe some of our peers could speak in on some strategies. Just the way you use your time of teaching might be more efficient. Im probably not speaking on behalf of the class but Im just speaking my mind. I just rather have more time at the end of class to work on problems and be able to ask you questions without having little time near the end and possibly coming in after or before school.  And maybe more brief, efficient explaining on your part?

Weekly blog post

I think this week went pretty well. I was understanding the content more and more each day and it just started to click and it was really nice. I'm still a little iffy on the applied functions stuff but other than that it was good.

clarity

this week when we learned about quadratic radicands, everything just completely clicked for me. its so relieving finally absolutely 100% understanding a concept when throughout this whole trimester, ive been a little clueless. it was just something fresh and i loved how it was taught to us. this is gunna save my butt on the test.

week 8

before i didn't know how to do the factoring guess and check but after the extra practice with it with the radicals, I actual understand what im doing and feel way more prepared for the test.

''Real World'' Connection

In this unit, we started performing story problems. One of the story problems is about an object being projectile from the top of a building. We do/did problems similar to this in physics so it helped when completing the question. It is very interesting to me how we can apply these particular math problems that are dealing with quadratics by finding the vertex and have it be exactly what we are learning in physics currently.

Blog post 8

This week was a lot easier. The quadrardic radicals were really easy only because the factoring made sense this time around. I think I am ready for this weeks test hopefully it goes better than the last test.

Progress

I think I do fairly well during class when working on problems and learning new concepts.  Also, I think I do good at practicing problems at home.  However, my grade doesn't show that.  I think my grade is poor and it was all because of the first test we took.  I try to complete all my work correctly and I always finish the blog posts on time, but it's just not enough.  I know we recently had extra credit work just a while ago but I thought it was just for students who hadn't done all of their posts.  I think we should have more extra credit opportunities besides the ones we see on tests and quizzes.

Post 7: clarity

I'm really understanding how to factor, find the vertex, and the domain. It all just makes so much sense to me because Mr. Jackson made it easy to understand. The only thing I'm struggling with is finding the area and circumference stuff. I don't understand but I'm determined to get it.

Blog Post

As the week went on I started to get stuff even more. When we worked with quadratics again it was really simple for me.  I actually didn't mind math this week and I hope I continue to understand what we are learning. I feel confident going into the test this Tuesday.
Marissa pease

post x_x

This class really does a number on my head.  I am struggling a bit to get my review done, and I am overall very frustrated with the class.
Well, I am just so excited for the test.  Another one for me to fail and get a lecture for.  I still believe the sole purpose of this class is to screw everybody over.  Physics does that as well.

This week I had a moment of clarity!  I finally got it!  The applied functions are making sense now.  I realized that I was really just overthinking the whole thing. Also, the assignment entitled "Quadratic Madness" made a lot of sense too.  Creating equations with the vertex point and x intercept was easily understood.

Moment of clearity

When we first started going through finding the domain of a quadratic when it is under a radical i was totally lost. As we practiced it i realized it was the easiest thing we have done all year. I liked it when you gave us a practice packet with room to do the problems on it. I do not like having to do it in my notebook  when you give us a bunch of problems on one page because i tend to mess up the problems and do the same one over.

Week 7

Factoring is going super well for me, and I figured out how to do them by guess and check because before I didn't understand either way of doing it, and the diamond and square thing just confuses the heck out of me. I don't really understand the farmer area kind of problems or really any of the problems like that, but I have the review and time to work still. So I should be ok for the most part. 

Getting Better

I'm really starting to make the pieces come together. I feel faster, and better with quadratics. The test won't be a issue! 👍👌

Reflection

This week I really feel like I'm struggling with all of the work given to us. It is piling up and after we learn something new I feel like we move into the next thing too fast. I think we should've spent a lot more time explaining and working out the word/farmer problems. I understand the factoring for the most part which is good. I'm really nervous that I'm not going to remember all of this work for the test on Tuesday.

I am struggling in this unit right now. I kinda get it but I kinda don't, and this week has just been a bad week for me so that really doesn't help.

Moment of clarity

Today i realised how much the short cut for finding the vertex can help speed up the prossess of finding the y variable.  Even though this now makes sense to me I plan on going through the long prossess of completing the square because it makes more sense to me.

Moment of clarity

Today I had a moment of clarity with the domain and range of radicals with quadratic radicands! This notes sheet was extremely helpful and now the concept is a lot less muddy.

Reflection in class

Today in class we learned how to find the domain and range of quadratic radicands. I can say that I am very confident with these so far, especially when the "a" value is one. I find this to be the something in this class I feel very okay with this section of this unit! It makes a lot of sense and the learning it through the steps you showed us made it very easy! 

Moment of Clarity

Today's concept in class, "qaudratic radicands" I really understand. Mr. Jackson explained it very well and I totally understand it to the point where I feel like I could teach it. I'm very excited. 

Week 7 - Something I thought was "cool"

Out of everything we have studied so far in this unit, the applied functions have been my favorite. I'm not totally sure why, but the concepts really made sense to me and I actually liked doing the problems! I think that I like solving the applied functions because they're the first thing that I've completely and totally understood in this unit. I think it's cool how there's no real number solving going on, it's just rearranging variables and numbers so we can use the new equation to our benefit. It's manipulating the old equations to get a new one that will do exactly what we want it to do.

I picked up the applied function concepts really quickly, and I'm pretty surprised! I just wish I understood everything else in this class as quickly as I understood this!

Week 7: Moment of clarity/figuring out what's wrong

My moment of clarity was today in class. It was a small moment, but I felt like I knew what I was doing. We did one of the more challenging problems ("level 3") and I actually did most of it by myself before we went over the answer and the work I did was correct. I noticed that there is a point where I get stuck and it's usually at the point of finding the "c" value. I can find the c value but it's just figuring out what to do afterwards that I have trouble with. 

Sunday October 12 @ 11:52p

"muddiest point"
so the whole ' finding the square ' thing. ..its mostly just calculator stuff, so at face value seems quite simple. however, for me at least, I can get to o the point where it becomes blah=a(x^2-bx+blah) right after that my mind always forgets how to go to the blah=(this part)^squared. can't do it.  don't know why but that just doesn't stick in my mind.  so all in all, memory is a main problem, and I completely forgot about this so I hope this counts at 11:58.

Blog post 6??? 5???

This past week has been another solid one. I am finally getting how to use that square thing to solve for x intercepts. Its really weird but takes just about as much writing as it would take you to think and re write your thoughts. Another thing that has gone pretty well is solving equations in terms of a different variable. The one that has beeb lurking in my mind is how good/bad I did on the quiz but it all evens out with the test and these blog posts so even if I fail I wont freak out as much.

Weekly Blog Post

I realized this week how significant one small mathematical error can throw off a whole problem on the quiz. Even though I have had this class before, it doesn't make anything easier. I think I need some more practice on the basics just to make sure I've got it all set in stone.

pretty muddy

a lot of this newer stuff I just am having a really hard time understanding. I feel like the whole "as a function of" concept is actually really easy but it just hasn't clicked for me yet and so im struggling with it. I like the pace of the class a lot more now though.

Reflection

I understood most of the things at the beginning of this unit but the newer stuff isn't really clicking for me. Most of it is pretty easy for me but the three sides triangle problem that we were asked to try just didn't really make sense. Hopefully everything clears up before the test. 

Reflective comment about my progress

I'm pretty happy how this class is going until now. I don't have to many difficulties understanding the problems we are discussing in class. I am really looking forward to the next precalc functions hours, since I find this class pretty enjoyable and I hope I can maintain my modest level.

Three sided rectangle

The three sided rectangle formula made since to me.  The idea of how if you change the side lengths you end with a different area makes since because you are not multiplyimg ny the same numbers.  A=(P-2x)x  The (P-2x) part of the formula helps you find the length of the side by itself, this happens because of the fact you have three sides and you are subtracting the two sides that are the same length.  So if you made the sides that are the same length longer, the remaining side would be forced to be shorter.  This side shrinks at a two to one ratio in comparison to the other two sides.  This two to one ratio causes the area to change as well along with the length of the sides.  For example if I have a shape that has two congruent sides (same size) that are 5 meters and one side that is 10 meters by itself and the last side is one that is made by something else that does not mater because there is no limit to it, the perimiter of the three sides would be 20 meters and the area would be 50 meters squared.  With the perimiter of 20, if two sides are 6 meters long and one is 8 meters long, the area would be 48 meters squared.  Also with the same perimiter of 20 meters for the sides that we can control the length of, if we have two sides of 7 meters and one side of 6 meters, the area would be 42 meters squared.  In all of these examples for every time the length of "x" increased by 1 the length of (P-2x) decreased by two and this uneven change in varialbes causes the product to change.

I understood the beginning of this unit but the stuff we are just now learning is not clicking for me! I try to do problems at home but I'm still struggling. 

muddiest point

At the beginning of this new unit I didn't fully get how to complete the square. There are so many steps in completing the square I didn't know what to do and when. I've got it down know and I think it's going pretty well. 

Reflection on the week

This week was alright! I did a lot better on this quiz then I did on the last one. At the beginning of the week I was doing very well and understood everything. Towards the end of the week I struggled a little. I am currently confused on what we are doing and struggled on the homework this weekend.  This week was also very busy for me in terms of soccer. We had 2 very important must win games and I believe that effected my focus in class a little. Over all not a bad week but early next week will be important that I catch up and understand what we are doing!

Blog Post 6

I feel like I understand completing the square and vertex form really well. The instructions on how to do them are thoroughly explained and make it easier to remember. I like how often we go over and go through how to do each problem as well, but cause it give sme the time to further understand what I'm doing.

Light bulb/muddy point

So this week when I got my quiz back I was very pleased with my score. I feel pretty confident for solve the square and vertex form. But, I do feel as if I'm struggling a little with the newer material. I feel like we should slow down in class a tad and explain more of the why then the how. Maybe then I will fully understand.

Light bulb with solving the square

This week in class I found a easier way to solve the square. And it has worked really well so far

Week 6 option 1

Well overall I have been rather understanding of this new unit.  Still though the whole fact of guessing and checking is rather frustrating for me.  The other method just doesn't truly make sense to me and I doubt it ever will because of how I was taught to do the process with guess and check.  Just taking random numbers that may possibly work and seeing if they truly do work is just hard to wrap my head around.  For all the time I have been in school, math is always a structural thing that has set ways to do things.  But it is a learning thing to know that math is not always a definitive way to do things, but it has many different ways and methods to do things and even then some of the methods which are the only way to do some things are not perfect.  It is not a set equation and will take a new look to figure out the problem.

Reflection

As we started this new unit on quadratics, I understood, for the most part, everything. I know how to factor expressions using the diamond, completing the square, and solving equations by factoring. I comprehend how to find the vertex and the domain and range of quadratic functions. I do not, however, understand this new idea of  "Express ______ of a shape as a function of its _____." I realize that we must find a common variable between them and plug that in to the equation to find it. However, I don't know why some of the answers work for different problems. For instance, on the Applied Functions packet, numbers 1-5 I can understand. It is the problems after that that I do not understand. I believe that my issue may be that it is just worded differently than what I am used to.

6th blog post

I think the unit we are in now is a little bit easier than the last. What I do have some trouble with is figuring out what the independent and dependent variables are. I feel like it's supposed to be a pretty simple thing but for some reason I just can't really figure it out. 

reflective day

I had a reality check the other day. I thought the quiz was easy and aced it. Turns out I didn't. I don't know why but now it's gotten to me. And I haven't been focused. I have never bombed a math test. I've always gotten 100s or high 90s. And to fail a quiz. I don't know what happened. Now I got worried about that And stopped paying attention in class. Now I'm kinda confused In class. But I'm not sure what to do about it. I've never asked for help. And I probably won't. I just had a bad day. Its it's really getting to me. Hopefuly I can get myself back together again. What you are teaching isn't hard. I wrap my mind around it really easily. So I don't understand my quiz. I just need to take it a little slower or something. I'll try to figure it out.

Week 6

I didn't really understand completing the square on the homework until Mr. Jackson went through one of the problems.

Blog Post

Something we learned that I thought was cool is writing formulas to find various solutions while given certain values such as writing a formula to find the area of a circle when given the circumference.  A lot these formulas are variations of what I like to use to make calculator programs. I look forward to learning more shortcuts to finding these formulas because they are very efficient and will be useful in other classes.

My muddiest point this week would probably be the applied functions and completion of the square.  Getting that quiz back was rough too.  All in all, this past week was very confusing.

Blog post

I started off the week understanding the new material pretty well, but as the week went on I became a little more confused about what we were supposed to be doing and the purpose of it all. I guess I just get even more confused when people are asking questions because I understood it and then people are talking about different ways they did the work and it confuses me. I like one set way on how to solve  or simplify stuff and with everyone trying to explain different ways it confuses me. Hopefully I don't confuse the different ways and just stick with the one I am comfortable with. I think that I need time to process everything that we have learned because it can get pretty confusing sometimes!
Marissa Pease

Week 7?

At the beginning of the week I really didn't get completing the square so I started practicing at home and now I get it.