We started off this week with the decision to take the disk and washer method quiz on Monday or Tuesday, obviously we chose Tuesday because a. We didn’t know there was supposed to be a test and b. I would have no clue what I was doing on that test if we took it Monday. I’m grateful that we took the test on Tuesday, but I really didn’t study as much as I could have. Starting the shell method also may have distracted me from the disk and washer methods, even though it wasn’t on the test my brain was trying to process new information that can be used to solve similar problems while at the same time trying to remember things that I had just learned. With that being said I think I did okay on the quiz. I understood the shell method pretty well when the rotations were happening about the x or y axis but when they were being rotated about a line that kinda threw me for a loop. On Thursday we did a few problems on the whiteboards that were being rotated about a line and that was really helpful and it allowed me to understand how to solve problems like that easier. It was also a helpful review in a way for the quiz that we took on Friday.
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This week we worked on 7.2 and started 7.3 and I realized that I really hate whiteboard starts where we have to work with people we don’t sit next to. The group that I have been put in for the past few whiteboard starts really doesn’t talk through how to figure out a problem, there are is one student who just takes control and does the problem without explaining what he is doing or his thought process. Maybe if they would explain what he was thinking I would grasp the new material being taught. I understand that this is an AP class so students should be able to understand things without them being explicitly said, but when things are just assumed that everyone understands and then moves on I don’t really follow and then I don’t grasp a concept until we have moved on. This week after the whiteboard start things we explained and not assumed which made the start to the chapter a lot smoother. There are still things that I’m working through because it takes me a while to process, but I have a much better grasp to the beginning of chapter 7 so hopefully I will have a better start to next trimester. |
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