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!