Monday, September 10, 2012

3 Learner Profiles



1. The first learner profile i choose to talk about is risk-taking, not because its the easies to understand but because you can apply risk-taking to a lot of situations. Risk-taking is when a person steps up his game and tries to solve/do/succeed in something which isn't very familiar to him. You can apply risk-taking to math. For example if there is an odd and hard problem on the bored to be a risk-taker you (logically) have to take a risk and stand up in front of that class just do it. One thing I'v found out through out the years is that teachers like students who are risk-takers and can take matters into their own hands.

2. The second learner profile i choose is caring, which to me is one of the most important learner profiles because, first you won't be good and would offend a lot of people with out this trade, second you wouldn't go far in life, and third its much easier to be mean, thats why you have to show some class and just be as caring and gentle as possible.

3. The third learner profile i choose is being reflective. This is especially useful in my years when your in school and have to reflect over your work or classmates. But now when I'm starting to grown and understand more things in life, i also understand that reflective is a profile choose to look at your self and see what you do like of your present state and what you don't and that's how you make changes to become a better man, student, father/mother.

Monday, September 3, 2012

IXL: Fraction,Decimal, and Percentage Questions


  • How do you feel about fractions, decimals, and percentages? (What is confusing, what is easy?
I feel pretty confident about the problems that were displayed on IXL although i still have a lot to learn until i reach the level i want to of knowing fractions, decimals and percentages. Most of the problems were quite easy and the ones that had to do with multiplication weren't as challenging as others. One thing i really have to learn is how to convert % into fractions and decimals and so on. As i mentioned previously i still have a long way to go when it comes to learning this to be completely sure about this topic.

  • What are you plans to improve these skills?

I will work on IXL frequently and will finish all my homework as well as try to go deeper into the subject then most people. I will as many questions when i see that i haven't understood what we were talking about and will ask those questions until i get it! Of course i won't hold the class back because of my questions so i will also during my time (If the teacher accepts it) will come ask.