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.