- What was your first thought when you read the problem?
Question 7 on page 567 looked easy when I first read the problem.
• What information is included in the problem?
The question only included what y is equal to
• What information might you need to solve the problem?
Well its asking for the graph and you need a y and an x to graph so having what x is equal to would be helpful.
• How can you find that information?
That’s what was confusing me during this question, it doesn’t have a x intercept
• What strategies could/did you use to solve the problem?
I didn’t use any particular strategies.
• Did you run into any roadblocks while working on your problem? How did you resolve them?
Yes, it really confused me how there was no x intercept. I wasn’t used to seeing this kind of question.
• Did you learn anything new working on this problem?
No, I just had to look back into my textbook to refresh my brain
• Did your solution surprise you?
Yes
• Did your solution make sense? How did you check?
I checked the first time in the back of the textbook and my answer didn’t make any sense. So i re did the question and checked with my tutor and I got it the second time around.
• How did you feel while working on this problem?
I felt a little discouraged the first time around just because I didn’t get it after working on it, but when I finally got it I was extremely happy, as I am anytime I get an answer correct.
• Did this problem remind you of anything?
No
• Can you think of an extension to this problem (is there something else you could solve building on your work)?
No not that I can think of .
• Would you feel comfortable solving another problem like this, or would you like to practice more problems first?
Yes, my tutor (Kenny) showed me what I did wrong the first time and now I know exactly how to solve questions like this.
What are some resources to help you with your educational goal?
Lately I’ve been using Khan academy and its been helping so much.