1) We have covered a lot of ground so far in this class. Out of all of the concepts we've covered, what has been the most difficult for you to grasp? What has been the easiest? Why?
2) What strategies have helped you keep up with the material in this fast-moving course? Is there anything you do inside or outside of class that helps you?
3) This course will continue to move at a quick pace. What are some good strategies that are already being used in class to help you understand the material? What improvements could be made in class to better help you understand the material?
1) Perfect Square Trinomial was hardest concepts, easiest- Absolute value and GCF.
ReplyDelete2) No help from outside.
3) Take note and explanation, look at it when confused.
1. So far, I think that factoring equations completely was the most difficult section, since you had to find every existing factor and plug it in. Sometimes even though the answer wasn't prime, I answered prime. I think that the easiest concept was finding the product of a polynomial, because after you find out the easy way, you get to do it in a faster way.
ReplyDelete2. To keep up with this fast-moving course, reviewing every night of what I learned throughout the class by solving extra questions helped a lot.
3. By completing your homework, you get to review what you have learned, and develop more math skills. To help us understand the material better, I think that we should have less homework but more riddle worksheets.
1. Q: We have covered a lot of ground so far in this class. Out of all of the concepts we've covered, what has been the most difficult for you to grasp? What has been the easiest? Why?
ReplyDeleteA: Out of all the concepts we've covered, I think the most difficult to grasp were the properties because there were so many of them to memorize and you had to understand what happens for each and every one of them. The easiest concept to grasp was after all simplifying terms because they were straightforward and you just had to solve them and try to avoid mistakes.
2. Q: What strategies have helped you keep up with the material in this fast-moving course? Is there anything you do inside or outside of class that helps you?
A: The strategies that have helped me to keep up with the material in this fast-moving course was taking notes during class when Mr. Jobe gave the class lessons through the projector, and on the board. I tried to ask questions for most of the problems I had with math. Also, when Mr. Jobe posted page documents or keynotes on the wiki, I would look through them or save them on my computer.
3. Q: This course will continue to move at a quick pace. What are some good strategies that are already being used in class to help you understand the material? What improvements could be made in class to better help you understand the material?
A: Some good strategies that are already being used in class to help me understand the material is me trying to take notes on what is important whether it was explained on the board by Mr. Jobe or through the projector, and trying to write down all possible examples for each lesson to know what the possibilities of each problem is. The improvements that can be made in class to better help me understand the material is sometimes going through the problems during class more when somebody is solving it so that I understand lessons orally as well, instead of just writing notes. So maybe, I can pay attention more on following the class, than doing things independently.
1) Chapter 3 was the hardest because it was confusing for me to complete the graph. Chapter 1 was the easiest since it was the basics and it was something that I had already covered.
ReplyDelete2) I don't have anything that I have outside of class. However, I sometimes went to Mr.Jobe to ask questions. I have also asked my friends to help me understand concepts especially Michelle : )
3) During the break I think I should review some of the chapters ahead and also solves some problems in order for me to understand better during the class
1) the most difficult thing was factoring with different numbers and the easiest was finding the GCF. GCF was very familiar to me but factoring with different numbers wasn't that familiar.
ReplyDelete2)I just solve problem quickly and I think that helped me to eliminate a lot of my hw. I studied this section before I actually take it in class.
3)Practice solving a lot of question and needs to get used to it.Mr. Jobe should give us more worksheet.
1.)We have covered a lot of ground so far in this class. Out of all of the concepts we've covered, what has been the most difficult for you to grasp? What has been the easiest? Why?
ReplyDeleteSo far this year the easiest section that we covered was learning about the distributive property because when learning about the distributive property it was easy to understand for me. The most difficult section was Chapter 4. Chapter 4 the reason why is was difficult because it was mostly all word problems.
2) What strategies have helped you keep up with the material in this fast-moving course? Is there anything you do inside or outside of class that helps you?
The strategy that has helped me to keep up with the material was my partner helping me through out class another strategy was solving problems from the textbook.
3.)This course will continue to move at a quick pace. What are some good strategies that are already being used in class to help you understand the material? What improvements could be made in class to better help you understand the material?
The most important thing to keep up with the class is to be organized and being on task during class. Some improvements that I can make is during class not to stay off task during classwork.
1) So far in what we have learned i thought making the chart was the hardest. Because while reading the word problem i got useless information in the chart which made my equation hard to solve. To me chapter 5 was the FOIL. Because doing math mentally was easy.
ReplyDelete2) I don't have any strategies at all, but doing homework and asking my brother for help had helped me out the class.
3) Some good strategies that is being used in class to help me is to take notes in class and to come in at lunch for help. I think getting more class time to understand the concept and to get more worksheets.
1) I would have to agree to the statement where we have covered numerous concepts throughout the semester. Just to give a simple summary, we learned Variables, Translating Problems, Number Lines, Distributive Property, Reciprocals, Tranforming Equations, Polynomials, Exponents, Numerous Word Problems with Rate Time Distance & Areas, Factoring Integers, Binomials and Polynomials, and Factoring Patterns. For me personally, I would point out that factoring polynomials were the most difficult. I think this section was the most difficult because we have to guess-and-check to find out the coefficients while factoring. There were also innumerable patterns such as Difference of Two Squares and Perfect Trinomials. On the other hand, I would conclude that the easiest concept was on the properties. Even though there was a property for each equation/expression, this was the easiest part: simply memorize the properties.
ReplyDelete2) This semester flew away so quickly that I can't exactly remember what I did in the beginning of this year. First, I figured out that the process for covering one chapter is like this: introduction, learn & homework, classwork, one quiz, more activities/projects, homework, classwork, review, and test. Due to the fact that I can partially expect what's coming up, I simply prepared myself for each day when I have F block the next day. This didn't take too long, it was just a few minutes of reviewing for my brain to catch up with the course. This is one of the strategies I used for this semester. Also, I realized from a long time ago that going to hagwons and having personal teachers outside the classroom is not a great idea, because they can damage your creativity+deep thoughts about mathematics. I honestly think I learn much more by myself reviewing the textbook at home provides more positive results rather than going to hagwons and listening to a teacher. Inside class, I usually focus straight to Mr. Jobe, and figure out everything that he tries to say. This is because paying attention in class is the best way to prepare for a test.
3) Yes, I do know that the next semester will also be similar with this one. One strategy that is already being used in class is the solve-and-check, where we practice solving the concept and Mr. Jobe corrects us. This helps us understand and comprehend the material well because we gain confidence if our answer is right, and we can practice much more. Another strategy is the bellwork for all the classes. Although this can be a bit tiring sometimes, it really helps us return back to MathLand and review the concepts. I wouldn't suggest major changes in this class, I would simply recommend to ask the students personally frequently to check up who's having troubles and who's going well. Also, we can use more visual diagrams and figures to understand the materials.
1)So far the hardest thing for me was doing Chapter 4, because I realized it was word problems, it had lots of information that we didn't need and it made it confusing. The easiest thing for me to do was doing the GCF, because it was simple and it was easy to do.
ReplyDelete2) I read the question and wrote down the things that we needed to know on the notebook. After that I started doing it. I also tried to review some days.
3) The most important thing to keep up with the class is to review, and maybe get help at lunch for after school. I think getting more time to practice the section, or more interesting worksheets will give us more time to under stand.
1) Out of all the concepts we covered, the most difficult part for me to grasp was chapter 4, for the reason that there was a lot of word problems. The easiest concept was chapter 5 because even though I made many mistakes, it was the most comprehensible lesson.
ReplyDelete2) Inside class, I would pay attention to the lesson that is due each classes. And I would try to solve all of the problems. Outside of class, I sometimes review the lessons that we learned.
3) The strategies that I am using is reviewing. After the lessons that we have finished, it is easy to forget them, but when I review the concepts at home that day, I am able to understand it more clearly. The improvements that, we should have more work sheets to practice the concepts and skills in order to understand more easily.
1)This might be a bit unbelievable, but I found the properties the most difficult. Calculating and identifying the properties were fairly easy, but I just couldn't memorize the properties' names. HAHA this sounds silly but memorizing the properties gave me a hard time.
ReplyDelete2)To be honest, math class was fairly easy so far. I knew almost everything about things that we learned in class this semester. It was just those silly mistakes that got in my way. I learned about these materials through tutoring last year and my friends help me when I have trouble (which was rare so far hehe).
3)I think the examples that Mr.Jobe gives us, using classmates, will help us through our second semester. Although I knew almost everything that he was talking about, the examples gave us some humor, keeping everyone concentrated. But I also think that making everyone participate in the class will help this class, including me, keep up with the lessons. Mr. Jobe should make jokes to keep people in. It would be better if the jokes were related to math and what we are learning about. : )
1) The most difficult thing that we covered chapter 4 because it had the most word problems. I really don't like word problems, which means that I cannot perform well. The easiest thing we covered was chapter 1 because I could easily solve it.
ReplyDelete2) Reviewing and memorizing terms helped me keep up with the material in this fast-moving course. Inside, I work on the classwork and outside, I work on the homework.
3) I need to work hard on the classwork and homework. However, I think in order to prepare for the test well, I need to ask some questions.
1) The most difficult part we have learned was when we are we were doing the charts with word problems. It was difficult for me because I have bad skills on translating words into sentences and I always have mistakes when I add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
ReplyDelete2) Some strategies I tried to do was to solve more of these problems outside of class and tried to read more of the problems.
3) Some of the good strategies is to always take notes of things your don't get, and make sure you go over it everyday and make question and answer out of it. Also by doing homework, it develops your ability to comprehend the types of problems better, therefore, you should always complete it, and next time you can challenge yourself to do the problems faster and methods to do the problems easier.
1. During this class, the most difficult part was when we did problem solving. It was difficult to create a chart and find the equation. However, the easiest part was in chapter 5. During chapter 5, the easiest was when we needed to factor the numbers. This was because for factoring, we just need to find the GCF and since this was reviewing, I didn't have a lot of problems.
ReplyDelete2. To keep myself in this fast-moving course, I reviewed the works that we did in class. Also, I went to academy and often asked questions that I didn't understand very well. By asking questions, I was able to understand quickly , which made me to keep in fast-moving course.
3. Some good strategies that we are using in class are taking notes in class, reviewing the test by correcting the answers that I got wrong. However for improvement, I hope Mr. Jobe give more riddle worksheets.
1) We have covered a lot of ground so far in this class. Out of all of the concepts we've covered, what has been the most difficult for you to grasp? What has been the easiest? Why?
ReplyDeleteI think the properties were the hardest because it was very hard for me to memorize all the properties. The easiest was the solving equations, for example, polynomials.
2) What strategies have helped you keep up with the material in this fast-moving course? Is there anything you do inside or outside of class that helps you?
No, I learned this in my former korean school, where it required me to take tutoring sessions to keep up.
3) This course will continue to move at a quick pace. What are some good strategies that are already being used in class to help you understand the material? What improvements could be made in class to better help you understand the material?
I think that the MOST important thing in this class is staying organized, turning in homework. Because it is MUCH harder to raise your grade after your grade turns bad.
1) We have covered a lot of ground so far in this class. Out of all of the concepts we've covered, what has been the most difficult for you to grasp? What has been the easiest? Why?
ReplyDeleteFor me, Chapter 4 was the hardest. I was able to make charts and know what charts to make and how to fill them in, but I had problems with making the equations after filling the charts in. Also, there wasn't really an "easy" topic in math. They were all similarly difficult/easy. But if I had to say, it was factoring because all I had to do was find the GCF and pull it out.
2) What strategies have helped you keep up with the material in this fast-moving course? Is there anything you do inside or outside of class that helps you?
It just helps for me when I look through the work I've done for each classwork/homework assignment that Mr. Jobe gives us. Also, if I pay attention in class, I figured that it would kind of just stick to my brain. Other than what we do in class, I just go over the questions I don't know with my dad or Mr. Jobe.
3) This course will continue to move at a quick pace. What are some good strategies that are already being used in class to help you understand the material? What improvements could be made in class to better help you understand the material?
We could keep doing the warmups so we don't forget what we did the class before. That would really help. We could also try to "liven up" (?) the class because it's more fun and more engaging that way :) That would really help in getting to know the material.