Love to hate me! Hate to love me!

For the first exam I just went over my notes and did my homework!!! For the next exams I believe I will do the same things, and if I’m struggling then I will do some extra things on my mathlab!!!I understand the order of operations and that’s the easiest part for me!! I need to work on fractions!!! They are so hard for me!! The hardest problems for me involve fractions!!

 Seven statements that I would like to use to replace any NEGATIVE thoughts on math/class:

1. I can use math in day to day tasks!!!
2. I will remember how to do the math that I’ve learned!!!
3. I will learn math more easily!!!
4. I will put school first!!!
5. I will make sure that my teachers know that I care!!!
6. Math is a class that I can pass!!!
7. I will do better and try harder to make it to class and to be caught up!!!!!

• My styles for learning are:

1. Visual
2. Auditory
3. Kinesthetic/ Tactile

The suggestions that I think are good ideas for me are:

1. That notes are very important to me, and that I need to make sure that they are organized and thorough!!! Everything I forget or that I get confused about i have to look back into my notes, and if they are a mess or don’t explain things right then…. I’m in trouble!
2. The prosess of re-writing important information will be very helpful for me! I write and re-write everything!!! I write things down that I don’t have to because that’s really the only way I remember anything!!!
3. Write in your text book, underline things and write in your margins! I may not write in my text books but I do highlight and re-write everything I highlight!
4. Draw boxes, pictures and diagrams in order to solve word problems!
5. Note cards!!

 I have never re-blogged before! LOL!!!! Oh well, better late then never! I just wish I knew if I did it right! So… if I did something wrong, please let me know so I won’t do it again! Thanks!!!!!

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theknittinganarchist:

paintyhands:

1. Kiss passing amphibians, just in case
2. Wear your hair in braids, curled up over your head
3. Have a conversation with your mirror as you’re getting ready in the morning
4. Go apple picking in an orchard
5. Wear silver bells tied to your ankles
6. Grow wild roses and jasmine in your garden
7. Leave milk and honey out for the Faeries
8. Pluck daisy petals, ‘He loves me.. he loves me not’
9. Sing old disney tunes in the bath
10. Celebrate May day, wear flowers in your hair and bathe in the morning dew
11. Bring a basket of fresh cookies to your grandmother
12. Give yourself a secret name that no one else knows
13. Wear glittery shoes of silver or ruby red
14. Go for a moonlight walk on the beach and look for mermaids and selkies
15. Write your dreams down each morning in a midnight blue diary
16. Tell stories to children
17. Hide a dried pea under your mattress
18. Help an old woman you meet on your way
19. Place a single red rose in a vase by your bed
20. Spend a whole day in bed, in a pretty nightgown and wait for a kiss
21. Bake a gingerbread man or house
22. Wear a goosefeather for good luck
23. Eat porridge for breakfast, make sure the temperature is just right
24. Search for the end of a rainbow
25. Go dancing at midnight in your living room by candlelight

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ddanie04:

Learning the vocabulary and formulas. Their hard because if you dont know the vocab you wont be able to solve word problems. Formulas: if you dont know them you wont know how to solve the problem with a formula.

ddanie04:

Learning the vocabulary and formulas. Their hard because if you dont know the vocab you wont be able to solve word problems. Formulas: if you dont know them you wont know how to solve the problem with a formula.

jameshopkins:

Quality 1-   I think a teacher needs to be able to get the students attention.If they can’t then the students don’t pay attention and have a hard time remembering things.

Quality 2-   An instructor should be able to explain things in different ways.Some students learn differently,and the teacher needs to be able to connect with all of them.

Quality 3-   An instructor should show different ways to do the work.That way students have different ways to remember how to do the work and pick the best way they like.

  I think that I’m alright at test taking, and I usually do ok with the techniques that I’ve always used, but the technique that I thought was cool and that makes a lot of sense is the “brain dump.” I’d never heard of that before and I’m going to have to give it a shot, because when I take tests there’s usually a lot of things that sometimes get mixed up going through my mind. I think that it would take the cloudiness out of thinking for a test and clear the way for what needs to be focused on. The technique that I don’t think that I’ll be using is the “test-day check list.” I don’t think that I’ll ever do that because it would be one more thing on test-day that I’d have to worry about. Then if I forgot one or two things,I would be upset and worried about that and it would make one more thing that was distracting me from the exam.

  Test taking is the area in your math class where you stand to make the greatest gains. Most math students who are NOT passing math, are not passing because of their exam grades. The most common misconception about test taking is that doing homework alone should provide a student with the skills he or she needs to pass an exam. Doing homework and preparing for an exam are not quite the same thing. Homework is an important part of preparing for an exam but if other principles of test preparation are ignored, homework alone is likely to leave you coming up short when the exam comes.

    The parctice test:

• Nothing will improve your test scores more than taking a practice test.
• A day or two before the exam and when your homework is done, you will be ready to take the practice test.
• DO NOT use your book or notes while you are taking the practice test.
• After you’ve finished taking the test, grade yourself.
• Review the problems you’ve missed.

  Other ideas on preparing for tests:

• You need to start studying for the exam the day you start the new chapter.
• DO NOT cram for an exam.

  TEST DAY:

• Arrive at the exam 10 minutes early.

  :Use these steps in this order to maximize your potential during the test: 

1. Do a brain dump.
2. Survey the test.
3. Do a second brain dump.
4. Do the easiest problems first.
5. Now do the harder problems.
6. Be mindful of your time.
7. Review your test.

  After the exam:

  Go through the exam and pat yourself on the back as you review the problems you did correctly. Then go back and redo the problems that you missed.

  I learned that when I lean something new neutrons connect with other neutrons, forming Dendrites. The Dendrite connections are weak at first, but the more I practice what I learned, the stronger they become. If I wait to long to practice what I’ve learned,the Dendrite connections will be lost, and I will have to re-learn it all over again.

  I also learned that short-term memory only lasts about 30 seconds.When you cram for test you make a lot of weak Dendrite connections in your long term memory. The weak Dendrite connections won’t stick around long, and soon you won’t remember any of what you studied at all.

  I learned about:

• Retention skills
• Note cards
• Learning maps
• Cheat sheets

  I learned these general study tips:

• Go to a tutor center
• Join/start a study group
• Use these study strategies:

1. Do homework effectively
2. Surveying and/or Reading your text book
3. Creating a vocabulary list
4. Reworking and reviewing your notes
5. Preparing questions for your professor or a study group
6. Using memory techniques like note cards, learning maps, and/or a cheat sheet.

 I think the most important quality that a professor can have is understanding. I think that being flexible and willing to work with your students to help them to learn and fulfill their potential in the easiest and most effective way possible is something that is overlooked these days. I think it’s important that you can connect through understanding and earn the respect of a teacher that people really want to work hard for.

   Another important quality in a professor to me is a strong desire to teach the subject that they are teaching. I can’t count how many times I’ve been in a class and the professor is going over the same hum-drum syllabus and lecture that they’ve given for the last twenty years. I like when a teacher wants you to be interested in their subject, so they make it something different. I like to be in a class that has a professor that knows more than I do, and they can’t wait to share what they know with me.

An important quality for a professor to have is a willingness to help. I really like when a teacher helps you when they can instead of sending you to a tutor or making your problem just that, YOUR problem. I like when, if, I ask for help I can get it. I like professors that realize that your time is just as valuable as theirs. I like when a professor knows that if you fail that reflects on them and they want both you and themselves to gain as much from the class as possible.  

I think that the hardest part of math is remembering all the terms and what they apply to! I remember to switch fractions around when i divide and multiply but that doesn’t mean that i always remember what that’s called. Lol! Also with math things are just the way they are because they’re that way. Like pi… who came up with pi? I understand that pi is necessary under some circumstances, but for real? We have to learn it, and I guess maybe one day when I’m working as a probation officer I might have the dire need to use pi*=0)* Nah, I like math I just wonder how much free time people had to have to find out things like pi, but the hardest part of math for me is remembering terms and where exactly they go.