Final Exhibition Project
For this project, I will be exhibiting the project that I've felt most proud of this year. We have done three projects this year as juniors, one where we create art around linear graphs, art centered around parabolas, and lastly a project where we wrote up our own equations for the semester exam. I wrote up a number of equations for my peers to solve, and that process involved having to understand math in a deeper way than I have before. I had to create a complex equation that I would struggle to solve if I hadn't created it myself, and math is a subject that I have and always have been struggling with. I have learned a lot in Algebra despite my struggles, and I feel like this project is the first project where I was able to shine given my struggle with graphing equations, which is what the other two projects were focused on. I was able to work on something I felt strong in and I was incredibly proud of all of the work that I had done. I learned not only math skills, but I also learned perseverance. I told Effi that I couldn't do the assignment and that I wasn't sure how I could accomplish it, but she helped me through this project until I was at the very end and realized that I had done a lot of the work on my own without help from Effi, and I was incredibly proud of that. I will be exhibiting this project at final exhibition and helping people solve my math equations.
Reflection
I learned a lot from this project, as math is not a subject that is easy for me. I learned more about the structure of a mathematical equation, and how to dissect it more than I was able to before. By understanding the way problems are created, you can find your own ways around the equation that will help you solve it. This project was one of my strongest projects in my mathematical history, but I would have liked to have done a few things differently. I would have asked for more assistance in creating more complex problems in order to help myself learn the concepts on a deeper level. This would have allowed me to create a more complex project, along with giving me more tools to understand and work through difficult mathematical equations. If I could improve this project, I would like to change the way I framed the equations and how simple they are. I wanted to create complex and mind-boggling equations for this project, but I understood that I wasn’t quite there yet and would not be able to achieve those goals. Your projects are only going to be as in depth as your knowledge of the subject is. I would have liked to learn more about the math behind these equations before jumping into them. My biggest strength must be perseverance, as I have had a lot of difficulties in math that I have been able to work through and learn from. However, my biggest weakness is being unable to fully understand the math that I studied during the project and throughout the year. I fear that that will translate into my future math classes and hurt my grade, but I’m sure that my perseverance will help me along the way.
Semester Exam Project
For this project, we designed our own semester exam. We took it upon ourselves to create ten math equations, some of which our peers will be solving during our semester exam.
I personally felt as though creating the semester exam was a good experience and in it's own way, helped us study for the exam to come. While I feel as though this project was a lot better than having a semester exam designed completely by a teacher, I am not a student who excels in math or understands math very well. This made the stress of the project more intense. Accomplishing the task at hand was incredibly rewarding, and I feel as though it made the stress worth it.
I am going to study for this exam by reading and rereading over the math book that I have at home, along with the notes I have taken in my composition book. I'm hoping to join up with a few of my mathematically advanced friends and working through equations with them as math is like another language and you need to practice the language in order to understand it. I am also going to be using the skills that I use to memorize and better improve my Spanish skills to study for this math test.
This semester went fairly well for me considering I am not very good in math. I was able to hold a solid grade for most of the semester, which made me feel very proud of my mathematic ability. My greatest strength this semester has been persevering through my troubles in math and getting help from my peers. I have further developed my skill in advocacy, and become a better problem solver through this. However, my weakness in this class has been riding alongside my strength. While I am good at advocating for myself, I find that I am unable to accomplish beautiful work because of how long I spend on single equations and how I am not able to do test corrections as I am overwhelmed with keeping up with the homework load of the class. I work slower than most of the class, and I feel as though that is my greatest weakness.
I am going to study for this exam by reading and rereading over the math book that I have at home, along with the notes I have taken in my composition book. I'm hoping to join up with a few of my mathematically advanced friends and working through equations with them as math is like another language and you need to practice the language in order to understand it. I am also going to be using the skills that I use to memorize and better improve my Spanish skills to study for this math test.
This semester went fairly well for me considering I am not very good in math. I was able to hold a solid grade for most of the semester, which made me feel very proud of my mathematic ability. My greatest strength this semester has been persevering through my troubles in math and getting help from my peers. I have further developed my skill in advocacy, and become a better problem solver through this. However, my weakness in this class has been riding alongside my strength. While I am good at advocating for myself, I find that I am unable to accomplish beautiful work because of how long I spend on single equations and how I am not able to do test corrections as I am overwhelmed with keeping up with the homework load of the class. I work slower than most of the class, and I feel as though that is my greatest weakness.