Module 3

Use of technological resources

Thanks to the use of online homework as well as the explanation offered by my math lab I've been able to clear a lot of my doubts, specially talking about the solving problems. Also it has helped me to see the things that I must review. In this case is more about the solving problems and rounding up decimals. But as you can see in the evidence of grades, I recovered after the 83 in the solving problems (mostly my mistakes were about decimals). Also it helped me practice for the mid-term quiz and partial. I actually like working with online homework because it's a very good practice to see what I do wrong and how I can make it right. 

 

Capacity to work with others

Part of our learning process is to understand the applications of all the theory we study. Therefore we gathered in teams and made some calculations (using all what we had been taught) in order to find some measures. I find this to be very useful and entertaining. It also taught me how to accept other points of view about how to solve. Sometimes I wanted to do very complicated things when they could've been solved rather in a much simpler way. 

Module 2

Capacity to work with others

The most important learnings we had this module were about the Basic and Reciprocal trigonometric ratios, and the special angles. Without the knowledge of those basic concepts, solving the next problems and understanding the other modules would be very difficult if not kind of impossible. 

I dedicated a lot of time to understand those concepts and to clear al my doubts about them so that when I had to work along my classmates I could properly contribute in teamwork to analyze problems and solve them. We helped each other and even though we solved the problems by ourselves we shared with the team how in order for everyone to understand. 

Autonomous learning

I know that we learn from mistakes and also that exams help us not only see our areas of opportunity but also how we overcame mistakes. I had a particular problem last semester with a problem of application of knowledge regarding angles and arc length, so by myself I dedicated to understand it and in the next exam I could solve it properly. 

Module 1

Critical thinking

At first instance this module was very easy, I seemed to understand how to do everything and once the mid-term quiz showed up. I had no trouble solving it. The problems were very simple and easy to solve. We were taught how to identify and properly name angles, to change from DMS to decimals and vice versa (by using a calculator), talking about changes we also saw the difference of degrees and radians and how to find its correspondent, we learned about reference angles, and coterminal angles (here we were also explained how to name quadrants, since they were relevant for the topics). 
So here is my evidence of the critical thinking being applied at the moment to solve the quiz. 

Correct use of mathematical language

Now, even though I could apply the concepts I've learned, I saw that I wasn't really able to accurately explain the process of what I was doing, specially when talking about the conversion of DMS to degrees with decimals and vice versa. That was put to test in the modular exam, where I saw my mistakes and had to re-check what I was doing so that next time I wouldn't make the same mistake. 

Capacity to work with others

Initial Reflection

With this e-portfolio I am hopping to be able to upload evidences that prove my work and learning I’ve had during this semester. To be honest, I also do it to comply with the tasks of my teacher (one of my main goals is to have a better average than last semester), therefore with this portfolio I hope to get a good grade. Still, it is not the only reason, it helps me track my learning process and to identify the topics I’ve had trouble with. I plan for this to be a place where I can expose my habits and achievements so that in a future it could be used as a guidance (made of evidences) for people who are interested in what I did in high school. In other words: a website that could help me open some doors for university.

My commitment with this portfolio is to upload at least three reflections (this is the first one), also at least two evidences for each module. I commit to choose the most representative works that might reflect my learning and therefore might be more helpful for identifying my areas of opportunity or my achievements.  I’ve had experience doing portfolios and they have proved to be very helpful, and I hope for this one to be helpful as well.

NEW SEMESTER

From this point on, we move to 4th semester.