Monday, April 11, 2011

Final Exam, Due April 13

  • Which topics and theorems do you think are important out of those we have studied?
Honestly. I have no idea. I'm going to spend the next few days trying to learn (not even re-learn) this entire course, because hardly anything had made sense to me.
  • What do you need to work on understanding better before the exam? Come up with a mathematical question you would like to see answered or a problem you would like to see worked out in class on Wednesday.
As I said previously, I'm SO far behind in this class, that I don't think I could make a list of things I need to better understand. I could probably make a list of things I DO understand, but it would be a very short list. However, one thing that comes to mind is I'd really like to know what the heck it means when you have G/H or A/B or K/I or any of those things involving a /. It always seems to mean something different.
  • How do you think the things you learned in this course might be useful to you in the future?
 I've had this discussion with quite a few people. I don't know why Math Ed. majors are required to take a course like 371. It's SO much harder than anything we'll have to use in a high school. Perhaps it's there purely for the benefit of those who are considering going on to get their masters in Math Ed? If this course was helpful, it was because it showed me that there are MAJOR flaws in my study habits, and abstract/analytical math is NOT for me.

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