Journals

Oct 17, 2011 - Journal – Read math.pdf (in the transfer or on the wiki site on the differentiation assignment page). Reflecting on this reading evaluate your own mathematical learning style and discuss how this can be a strength and an obstacle to your effectiveness as a math teacher.



November 14, 2011 Journal - Create the word problem(s) as described below and reflect upon your process of developing it (them).

Utilizing the news article below write a word problem or set of problems considering the ideas we have covered in the last two weeks.
NEW YORK — Market researcher NPD Group says U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 1 per cent to $1.08 billion in October, helped by sales of "Battlefield 3." Hardware sales, which include game consoles such as the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, rose 6 per cent from October 2010 to $295.6 million. Sales of software, or the video games themselves, rose 3 per cent to $621.3 million. That's well below the 21 per cent increase in software sales that Cowen and Co. analyst Doug Creutz was expecting. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, meanwhile, was forecasting a 14 per cent growth. "Battlefield 3," a military shooter from Electronic Arts Inc., was the month's bestselling game with just under 2 million units sold.

Nov 28, 2011 journal topic:

Last Journal Entry:

It is important that when you give feedback to students you focus on and help develop their strengths – this is sometimes called strengths-based teaching.

For you last journal entry please reflect on the course as a whole and comment on its strengths. Your challenge is to also tell me about any weaknesses while still focusing on the strengths.