ReflectionsMatemática 133 Sección 1Universidad del Sagrado CorazónProf. Alonso

Gladys Rosario Acosta 201-20-7339Diego Bocca 200-80-4994Rafael Burgos López 200-70-5652Chase Busch Allan 201-20-6807Christian De La Cruz 201-10-7216

AGENDAIntroductionPros● Practice● Teamwork

Cons● Project Experience

○ Lack of Communication○ Apathy○ Scheduling Issues

● Project's Purpose○ Intended○ Achieved

AGENDASuggestion● Plan● More time and focus

Conclusion● Summary

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

● Simple Calculations

● 5 minute completion

● Not satisfied with performance

● Purpose in Precalculus class

● Suggestions

PRO'S

PRACTICE

● Practice Makes Perfect

● Successful application of concept

● Visible difference in scores

TEAMWORK

● Value of working together

● Hard to get together

● Complications

CON'S

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

LACK OF COMMUNICATION

● Weak dominance of either language

● Avoidance out of commodity○ Finish work amongst those who know language

○ False pretext: doubles work

○ Goes against purpose

○ Detriment to all

LACK OF COMMUNICATION

● Personality types○ Acute timidity

■ Anxiety and pressure in leadership position

○ Disconnection from responsibility

■ Waiting for the next person to complete

● Participation left to a minimum

APATHY

● Simplicity of problem

● Overall mundane nature of project

● More important responsibilities to attend to

SCHEDULING ISSUES

● Members had more important

responsibilities

● Scarcity of available free time

● Dependence on others for their part

● Excuse

● Equally as responsible for grade as others

PROJECT'S PURPOSE

INTENDED ACHIEVEMENTS

● "strengthen linguistic skills to improve academic

performance"

● "increase self confidence for public speaking"

● "promote technology for research and presentations"

● "develop writing and research skills for professional

success"

● "promote collaborative teaching and learning"

ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

● Technological integration for project completion

● Use of internet websites:

○ YouTube

○ SlideShare

○ Google Docs

○ Google Drive

● No other achievements accomplished

SUGGESTIONS

THE PLAN

● How it was planned defeated it's purpose

● Hindered our real class objective

● Overall useless in this method

MORE TIME AND FOCUS

● More time to really saturate in material

● More focus on specific aspect with math

● Perhaps stand alone as a class

● Perhaps a lab class

CONCLUSION

SUMMARY

● Not an enjoyable process

● Implementation with MAT133 curriculum

made it unnecessary

● Should be a class of it's own