Math

The Myth of the Math People:

The so called "myth of the math people" is the widely spread misinformation that a person is born either a math person or not, and that a person who doesn't like math is automatically bad at it. There are stereotypes that are told to children at a young age that makes them scared to make mistakes in any sort of way. Mistakes are important in math because even if you get a problem wrong, you're still learning something even if it's what not to do. For example, when we were doing our One Cut activity where I had to cut out a full triangle with just one cut, I kept failing to make it happen. But, instead of throwing it away, everyone put their mistakes on a board to show that mistakes can tell you what you need to improve on, and also give you the opportunity to see what you did well on. Based on previous experiences, I've never love math too much but I've never hated it either. I've always had mixed feelings about it, especially when I didn't understand a topic. I think a couple things I can do to make my math mindset better are things like if I'm having trouble on a problem, I could skip it and come back later, as well as ask for help if I need it. In the past, I've had trouble asking for help from anyone because I'm not usually comfortable with it. My goal this year is to try harder to be comfortable with asking questions and engaging in class.

  1st Math I-Ready Reflection

My overall scores showed that I am at a late 7th - early 8th which means I was scored accurately because since it's the start of the year I should be closer to 7th than 8th. I am nationally ranked in the 57th percentile, meaning that I 57% higher than the rest of the national testers, and that 43% of the nation scored higher than me. I got grade 7th in Algebra and Algebraic thinking as well as in  Numers and Operations. In the other two topics, Measurement and data, and Geometry, I scored early 8th grade, so I got half and half. By the end of year test, I want to score at least late 8th if not higher. I will do this by making a plan to work specifically on my weak spots such as Algebra and Algebraic thinking.