Why CALCULUS
Why calculus #1
-Give a summary
The student who wrote this paper was talking about the criticism of mathematics in school. Where students always find the opportunity to question the application and "real world usage" of mathematics where they do not, to the same extent, question other subjects. The student goes on to talk about how they view knowledge catering and learning as inherently interesting and doesn't see why students question learning as much as they do.
-How did the perspective get you thinking
The perspective they gave does make me think about how much we question out math learning. Although I question the relevance of most subjects, it sounds pretty terrible that we question learning as much as we do.
-What parts of the paper do you agree with
I agree with the notion that we should appreciate our learning more and the fact that students question the learning we do in math class more than most other classes.
-How will this connect to our work this semester
We will be learning a lot of seemingly obscure math concepts which will get a lot of people asking "why is the point of all this," or "I won't ever use this again."
-Give a summary
The student who wrote this paper was talking about the criticism of mathematics in school. Where students always find the opportunity to question the application and "real world usage" of mathematics where they do not, to the same extent, question other subjects. The student goes on to talk about how they view knowledge catering and learning as inherently interesting and doesn't see why students question learning as much as they do.
-How did the perspective get you thinking
The perspective they gave does make me think about how much we question out math learning. Although I question the relevance of most subjects, it sounds pretty terrible that we question learning as much as we do.
-What parts of the paper do you agree with
I agree with the notion that we should appreciate our learning more and the fact that students question the learning we do in math class more than most other classes.
-How will this connect to our work this semester
We will be learning a lot of seemingly obscure math concepts which will get a lot of people asking "why is the point of all this," or "I won't ever use this again."
ESTIMATION Station
Problem: If the smaller book is 132 pages long, how pages are in the bigger book?
-Initial thoughts on the problem
It seemed so simple and like there wasn't any kind of real problem there.
-What info. is helpful, what would have been more helpful for estimating
It was helpful to have a photo of the books and to know how many pages were in the smaller book. It would have been helpful to know if she was condensing the books when she took the picture.
-What is you estimate and why are you confident it is reasonable
'My estimate was for the number of pages in the larger book when the smaller book had 132 pages. I estimated that the larger book had 528 pages. I found this by measuring the size of the smaller book with my fingers. Then I held that measurement up to the larger book and found it was nearly exactly four of the smaller books. I am confident in my estimate because I found it in a logical way and it looked to fit pretty perfectly.
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-Initial thoughts on the problem
It seemed so simple and like there wasn't any kind of real problem there.
-What info. is helpful, what would have been more helpful for estimating
It was helpful to have a photo of the books and to know how many pages were in the smaller book. It would have been helpful to know if she was condensing the books when she took the picture.
-What is you estimate and why are you confident it is reasonable
'My estimate was for the number of pages in the larger book when the smaller book had 132 pages. I estimated that the larger book had 528 pages. I found this by measuring the size of the smaller book with my fingers. Then I held that measurement up to the larger book and found it was nearly exactly four of the smaller books. I am confident in my estimate because I found it in a logical way and it looked to fit pretty perfectly.
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