Monday, October 4, 2010

Karen's Math Profile

Hi my name is Karen, I'm a math student in grade 8. If you were to ask me if I like math, I would say yes and no. I like some of the math we do in class, but I also dislike some of the math work. Sometimes I understand my math but I can't write it properly or explain it right. I learn best when I work in groups, I like to see what other people think and compare my math to their math.

In grade 7 last year in I liked many things, most were the "bedmass," and the means, median, mode, range and outliers. The bedmass method was a bit tricky at times, but I liked how it makes my math stronger, it was a lot of fun when the easy questions came in. For the means, medians and stuff, I really liked them because they were easy and I already knew them before we learned it because my sister taught me. The unit that made me struggle the most was the integers unit, I tried to understand it but I didn't have enough focus. I am able to do it but only really, really easy questions. For this year I could work harder and focus more and not put things aside in able for me not to struggle.

This year for grade 8, I will try to work harder and not put things aside, but I said that for grade 6 and it didn't really happen for grade 7. I guess I'll try some more this year, I will also ask for help if needed. This year I don't have a specific math thing I want to learn, but I'm ready for more math and some old math too.

Last year, for grade 7 my favourite blog was the Circles blog. I honestly only like it because last year I only did 2 blog posts and "Circles" was way neater and longer than my other one. That post had parts and meanings of cirlces and what was for homework. When I made that blog it helped me understand more about diameters and radius. For grade 8 I hope to try and make more blogs so I understand more and get more marks.

13 comments:

  1. Great job Karen! I liked how you explained that you prefer working in groups to compare your guys' solutions to questions. That is a great way to understand and learn new things for math. You just gave me new ideas in Math class. Thanks!

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  2. Nice post Karen! I like how you put how you learn best, it was something I didn't read in other blogs. You have a good amount of information. So.. keep up the good work!

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  3. Good job Karen! I really like your post, it's very easy to relate to because I also like working in groups. You had a good amount of detail and everything. Great job! :)

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  4. Great post! You explained lots of things which is good. You put how you prefer to learn which is really good. Everything was very well done. Good job. :)

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  5. Good job Karen. You explained many things that was well thought out and very well done. Remember to read over your work because I caught some mistakes. But other than that, Great post. (:

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  6. Good Job Karen! I like how you explained lots of things. Keep it up.

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  7. Nice job Karen. I liked how you explained you good and the bads about your math life. But you deserve a cookie :D.

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  8. Great job Karen! I liked how you explained your paragraphs very well!!

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  9. Great Job Karen:) .I liked how you explained your thinking and great explanation of the good,and the bad of math for you.Great post!

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  10. Good Job Karen . You really told my every thing i need to know.
    Great Post!!

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  11. Good Job Karen, Your blog is very neat. I agree with Roemer about the explaining. Keep it up.

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  12. Karen I loved this blog that you did.It made perfect sense and ya. I liked the size of your paragraphs that you made and I totally agree with you I only like some of the units in math so I might say yes or I might say no. It all depends on the what unit their talking about.

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  13. Nice job, Karen. Your blog was easy to read, because you made your paragraphs make sense. Keep it up.

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