Describe the process and result of doing the Law of Large Numbers Activity and how that shaped your understanding of "real" math?
`The Law of Larger Activity really intrigued me because it was different form out other lessons. This lesson actually gave me insight on what real world math is like, what probability is. The activity was an experimental probability on coin flipping, the probability of getting heads or tails. This was fascinating because with this lesson I physically decided the outcome of the event, instead of solving an equation or a word problem on piece of paper we can actually see the answer.
A time I overcame a struggle/confusion?
A time I overcame a struggle or a mistake... I made a dumb, preventable decision of copying my friends on a class worksheet. I came late to class, as a result I had a late start on the worksheet. To make matters worse the worksheet was due by the end of the period. I wanted to finish it because grades are my priority at school. Class ended in 10 minutes and I wanted to finish, I took the easy out and cheated. I was caught and My grade dropped 19 percent from an A+ to a B-! I regretted the experience so much, I begged Carissa for a second chance because I know the material I just wanted to get an easy A. Carissa gave me a second chance, I had to write about why I cheated and about student's integrity. I also had to redo the entire worksheet to prove I did know the material and I got a perfect score, at the end it was an eye opening experience.
Discuss what expression in mathematics looks like. How does being clear, precise and accurate help your growth in math and how do we build our reasoning skills trough doing math?
Expression in math means to voice your opinion on the answer and how you solve the problem. Being clear, precise and accurate will make your answer and case more believable and it will give you the confidence to tackle more difficult math problems. The answer isn't always important, your reasoning of why you came up with those answer matters. It's more satisfying to work really hard and have a great reason behind the wrong answer than to have no reasoning behind the right answer.
What math does your future hold? What passions and goals do you have and how does it fit into those plans?
When I was little I always liked math, I had a passion for it which is still lingering around. I want to major in dentistry or business when I enter college. If I follow the business path math will be a major role in my future because of statistics and graph, just real world math. However, if I choose dentistry I wouldn't have to worry about about math and math wouldn't have much affect in my future.