Maya's Math Blog

Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! A few days ago, we had our fifth class for EDBE 8F83. In this post, I will reflect upon this lesson by using different prompts and supplementing them with images and resources.  What struck you during the session? Something that struck me during the session was our discussion on the transition from grade 9 to grade 10 and how the jump could be larger for the higher achieving students now as these students are going from destreamed to academic. When I was in high school, I found my worst transition to be the jump from grade 9 to 10 and that was coming from taking academic prior. I think it is important to be aware of this as a future educator as my knowledge in grade 9 will most likely not be what they had. In the future, I will make an effort to make this transition as seamless as possible.  What were the dominant emotions evoked (affect)? One dominant emotion I felt was confusion, which then led to a new understanding. Similar to last w...

Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! A few days ago, we had our fourth class for EDBE 8F83. In this post, I will reflect upon this lesson by using different prompts and supplementing with images and resources.  What struck you during this session? Something that struck me during the session was how difficult I found the paint problem. When looking at the problem, I thought it would be easier than anticipated. But during the task, my group and I had a lot of back and forth with us erasing things to add back afterward. Upon reflection, I realized that this put me in the position of my future students. High school math always came easy to me growing up and this problem made me feel confused, which is the typical response to a math problem. I think that this was a good problem to help me understand the emotions of my future students. I was struck by how a simple problem could be so challenging to me, which is a common theme in math class.  I have attached a photo of the probl...