Question

Taking a seminar in applied mathematics means doing a mathematical model. now its time to reflect on the work. Need help writing a:

Self-Assessment of Progress: Outline the work you still have to complete on your report and share your plan for completing these elements in time for the final submission. Identify elements for which you need feedback and assistance from your peers and instructor.

Reflection on Your Experience: As you complete your final work and review your report, share your reflections on your successes and challenges with the report. Based on your reflection, describe elements of your work that you would change if you could start the final project report over.

Answer 1

Self Assessment of progess:

Making use of a variety of assessment methods provides a more complete picture of students’ learning. Some
types of assessment tasks provide information about students’ abilities to perform mathematical procedures.
Others involve higher-level thinking and problem-solving skills, represent meaningful instructional activities,
and/or invoke real-world applications. some strategies:
● think more deeply about problems;
● feel free to do their best thinking because their ideas are valued;
● ask deeper and more frequent questions of themselves, their classmates, and their teachers;
● improve their listening skills and gain an appreciation for the role of listening in cooperative work;
● feel responsibility for their thoughts and ownership of their methods;
● observe that there are many right ways to solve a problem;
● experience the value of verbalization as a means of clarifying one’s thinking;
● form new insights into mathematical concepts;
● learn ways to identify the places they need help;
● increase their self-confidence and self-esteem as a result of genuine interest shown by a teacher or
classmate;
● feel more tolerance and respect for other people’s ideas;
● focus their energy on exploring and communicating ideas about mathematical relationships rather
than simply finding answers;
● develop strategies for conducting self-interviews while solving problems in other settings;
● find satisfaction and confidence in their ability to solve problems; and
● look less to the teacher for clues about the correctness of their methods and focus less on imitating
the “right” way.

Reflection on your work experience :

In experiential learning the real learning comes after the work term when you have an opportunity to think about what you saw and experienced. Reflecting back about the experience is a key to learning and it is definitely not a new idea. It is through reflecting about the actions at work and the concrete experiences that will lead you to recognizing that the experience has forged a new way of thinking about the classroom theory. An abstract concept worked through in a real situation, as an immediate need, will change the participants.